Top Facing. The strip of leather or band of cloth around the top of the shoe on the inside is called the top facing. It adds to the finish of the lining, and is sometimes used to advertise the name of manufacturers by a design of letters woven or sewed on it.
Top Lift. The lift which is next to the ground.
Top Lift Scouring. Sandpapering top lift of heel to make it smooth.
Top Stitching. Consists of stitching across the top and down the side.
Treeing. Shaping the shoe, making it smooth. Produces the same effect as ironing, although no hot iron is used. It makes the upper plump and gives it a good finish and “feel.”
Trimming Cutting. Cutting stays, facings, and other small parts of the upper.
Trimming Vamp. Cutting off hanging or surplus thread.
Turning. To turn shoe right side out. Also turning upper right side out.
Turned Shoe. A lady’s fine shoe that is made wrong side out, then turned right side out, which operation necessitates the use of a thin, flexible sole of good quality. The sole is fastened to the last, the upper is lasted over it wrong side out, then the two are sewed together, the thread catching through a channel cut in the edge of the sole. The seam does not come through to the bottom of the sole where it would chafe the foot on inside.
Upper. A term applied collectively to the upper parts of a shoe.