The craft, process, or occupation of manufacturing heels for footwear.
Compound of 'heel' and 'making,' used since at least the 1600s to describe the specialized craft of heel production separate from general shoemaking.
Heelmaking required different materials throughout history—wood, cork, leather, then plastic—and heelmakers had to adapt their techniques constantly to new technologies!
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