Shoe definitions beginning with the letter E
Eco Labeling
Labeling awarded to a product indicating that the product meets agreed standards for environmental impact during the products production, distribution, use and disposal.
Category: jargon
Elastic Gore
An elastic fabric panel inserted into shoes to provide stretch.
Category: materials, shoe parts
Elasticity
The property of a body or material by which it stretches or undergoes other deformation under stress and resumes its original form when the stress is removed.
Category: jargon
Elastomer
Refers to any material that has elastic properties. The ability to stretch or change shape and then return to its original shape and size without any damage to its atomic structure.
Electrostatic Precipitation
A process whereby a surface is electrostatically charged and particles are drawn to it, causing the particles to spread over the surface very closely and regularly. Electrostatic precipitation is used for making synthetic suede leathers and for colouring shoe components.
Category: leather, shoe parts
Embossing
A method of decorating leather in a fashion that creates raised and sunken ridges around the design by pressing a heated die onto the surface.
Category: shoemaking
Energy Return
In running and athletic shoes, it is the response after the foot strikes the ground, a sort of propulsion that helps maintain an effective "gait" or stride.
Category: athletic shoes, jargon, running
Engineer Boots
Originally worn by the Army Corps of Engineers, it is a work style pull on boot characterized by instep and top straps.
Category: boots, shoe styles
Espadrilles
Slip on shoes of Spanish origin, which have a woven fabric (usually canvas) upper, and a flexible sole typically woven from rope or grass.
Category: shoe styles
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate
Abbreviation: EVA
A chemical compound with rubber properties appropriate for making shoe soles in it's blown or micro cellular form. A shock-absorbing material that is lighter than polyurethane.
Category: materials
Ethylene-Propylene Rubber
Ethylene-propylene rubber is a synthetic rubber made by the polymerization of approximately equal proportions of the two gases ethylene and propylene.
Category: materials
Exercise Sandals
Exercise sandals are sandals that have single adjustable straps across foreparts and wooden or moulded plastic soles that have cups for the heels, metatarsal arch support and a raised ridges under the phalangic arches that force the foot muscles to work during the action of walking.
Category: athletic shoes, shoe styles
External Counter Reinforcer
A bracket that stabilizes your heel, reinforces the shoe's heel counter and also helps prevent your foot from rolling over.
Category: running, shoe parts
Eyelet Tabs
The front part of a shoes quarters, overlaying the instep and facing each other. Eyelets are the lacing holes on shoes. Eyelet tabs allow the laces to be loosened and tightened for shoe fitting and removal and also allow the same shoe to accommodate feet of slightly different girth.
Category: shoe parts
Eyelets
The holes that the laces pass through. Eyelets are also often added as a fashion feature.
Category: shoe parts
Eyestays
Eyestays are reinforcements placed around the eyelet holes made of plastic or metal. Eyestays can service an individual eyelet or be made in the form of a bar to reinforce every eyelet on an eyelet tab.
Category: shoe parts
