Shoe definitions beginning with the letter G
Gait Control
In athletic running or walking shoes, a system to control the foot’s movement within the running or walking step to prevent injury or fatigue caused by abnormal pronation.
Category: athletic shoes, podiatry
Galoshes
Also known as: rain boots, wellington boots & wellies
a waterproof boot or overshoe designed to protect you from wet weather. Galoshes are typically made of rubber.
Category: boots, shoe styles
Gardening Clogs
A type of footwear that is usually backless, rubber, and waterproof, ideal for gardening.
Category: casual shoes, shoe styles
Gelactiv ™
Dynamic gel technology that provides a unique shock absorber for feet.
General Shoe Advice
On the first few occasions wear your new shoes in dry conditions. Thereafter, try to avoid wearing the same shoes on successive days. It prolongs their life and helps to keep them smart and comfortable. Keep them on shoe-trees whenever you can and always use a shoe horn.
Category: shoe care
Ghillie
A style of footwear of Scottish origin in which the laces pass through fabric or leather rings or loops attached to the front opening of the shoe, rather than eyelets.
Category: shoe styles
Gibson Shoe
A women's lace-up shoe style on which the quarters are laid over the vamp and drawn together by a lace. Equivalent to a men's derby shoe.
Category: dress shoes, shoe styles
Gimping
The zig-zag crocodile teeth style of cutting on the edge of some shoes is called Gimping. It is mcut by a machine much like a sewing machine and serves not only decoration, but to make weakly cut edges more palatable. Also called pinking or saw-toothing.
Category: shoe parts, shoemaking
Girth
The measurement around the widest part of the foot, namely the ball or joint.
Category: foot parts, podiatry
Glace Kid Leather
Also known as: Glazed Kid Leather
Leather with a high gloss finish that is made from goatskin by chrome tanning. Used for making upper end shoes.
Gladiators
Flat strappy sandals inspired by the footwear worn by ancient Roman gladiators. Modern styles may feature buckles or zippers and may be high heeled or low heeled.
Category: shoe styles
Glazed Goat Leather
Glazed goat leather is similar to glace kid leather, but made from an adult animal. The grain is coarser, and the leather is more inclined to crease.
Category: leather
Golosh
Also known as: Golash
A high overshoe made from waterproof material for protection against the elements. Golosh also refers to the part of a boot which covers the foot, as opposed to the part that covers the leg.
Category: boots, shoe styles
Goodyear Welt
A traditional method of manufacturing, which provides a shoe that will give comfort, excellent shape retention, water resistance and repairable properties. Goodyear welted, the essence of this construction is that the upper is shaped over the last and secured by sewing a strip of leather or 'welt' to the upper and inner sole. The process is then completed by attaching a sole to the welt.
Category: shoemaking
Gore
An elastic panel inserted into one or both sides of a shoe to make the shoe easier to put on. Gores are often used in ankle boots
Category: boots, shoe parts
Gore-Tex®
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. registered brand name for a waterproof-breathable membrane. The material is impermeable to water droplets but allows water vapor to pass through it. In footwear it is used between the upper material and the lining.
Grain
The pattern of pores and other surface characteristics of leather, visible on the outer surface of a hide or skin after the hair or wool has been removed. The grain pattern provides an easy means of identifying different types of leather.
Category: leather
Grain Layer
The grain layer is the layer of a hide or skin extending from the surface after removal of hair or wool and epidermis down to about the level of the hair or wool roots.
Category: leather
Grain Leather
Any leather on which the original natural grain has been changed or altered to any degree by any process.
Category: leather
Graphite Rollbar
A lightweight flat or molded piece of graphite material bio-mechanically positioned in the midsole to maximize rear-foot stability.
Category: running, shoe parts
Grecian Slippers
Grecian slippers are slippers that are made with quarters and vamp both curving downwards to overlap on both sides near the sole, leaving a V-shape cutaway appearance at the waist.
Category: casual shoes, shoe styles
Grindery
The trade name for consumables such as tacks, eyelets, tapes, shanks etc., used in shoemaking.
Category: jargon, materials, shoemaking
Grits
The roughness of the surface of abrasive materials like sand paper. The grit number on the paper correlates to the number of grains per inch. So the lower the grit number, the rougher the sand paper.
Category: materials
Groove Channel
A type of channel where an open groove in the shape of "U" has been cut into the sole at a uniform distance from the edge to allow stitches to bed in it. This is generally done on hard or thick leather, rubber, plastic nitrite or resin soles.
Category: fastenings, shoe parts, shoemaking
Gum Boots
Knee-high waterproof rubber boots generally used in chemical factories to protect the feet against injury from dangerous chemicals and also heavily used in the farming industry for protection against mud and water.
Category: boots, shoe styles
Gypsy Seam
A seam running from the throat, straight down the fronts of a boot or shoe to the toe, forming a vamp.
Category: fastenings, shoemaking
