stitch aloft

present singular third person stitches aloft · participle present stitching aloft · participle past stitched aloft · past stitched aloft

1. transitiveTo sew (something, usually a shoe) such that the stitches are visible instead of covered.

   To "stitch aloft" is the best way on welts, too, for the same reasons stated above.

   1908, “The Shoe Factory”, in Shoe and Leather Journal, volume 22

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   Shoes that are stitched aloft go through the same operations as the channel-stitched shoes, with the exception that the rounding machine contrivance of cutting is eliminated.

   1912, William Henry Dooley, A Manual of Shoemaking and Leather and Rubber Products, page 134

   But, in stitching aloft, the groove in the sole should be deep enough to protect the thread from the buffing operation, provided that the lock cannot be reached; the nearer to the top, the better for the wear of the seam.

   1914, American Shoemaking, volume 51, page 316