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Definition of Size stick
1. Noun. A mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Size Stick
Literary usage of Size stick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanics Magazine (1825)
"SIR, — The Shoemakers' Size-stick, as at present constructed, is useless for
taking measure in inches, as the fixed guage is placed about a quarter of an ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The largest size stick in the teeth of the first comb, the next size in the second
... The bristles are also sorted by hand and a size-stick or gauge into ..."
3. A Manual on Foot Care and Shoe Fitting for Officers of the U.S. Navy and U.S by William Leake Mann, Spencer Augustus Folsom (1920)
"... therefore, in measuring for shoes, the length of each foot will be measured
with the -standard size stick, furnished by the Quartermaster's Department. ..."
4. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1825)
"SIR, — The Shoemakers' Size-stick, as at present constructed, is useless for
Inking measure in inches, as the fixed guage is placed about a quarter of ..."
5. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"The largest size stick in the teeth of the first comb, the next size in the ...
The bristles are also sorted by hand and a size-stick or gauge into various ..."
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