cabinet+repairer

1 shoemaker, cobbler, shoe maker.

2 Ray's bream, Brama brama.

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► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (que arregla) shoe repairer, cobbler

2 (que fabrica) shoemaker

3 (que vende) shoe seller

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¡zapatero a tus zapatos! the cobbler should stick to his last

zapatero remendón cobbler

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1. ADJ

1) [industria] shoemaking antes de s

2) [legumbres, patatas] hard, undercooked

SM / F shoemaker

- zapatero, a tus zapatos

SM (=mueble) shoe rack

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- ra masculino, femenino shoemaker, cobbler

- zapatero remendón

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= shoe repairer, shoe repair man [shoe repair men, -pl.], shoemaker, cobbler.

Ex. These are some of the questions the librarian may have to answer: 'Can you recommend a baby-sitter I can trust?', 'How can I stop the hire-purchase company taking back my furniture?', 'Which is the best shoe repairer's in the neighbourhood?'.

Ex. The small art gallery, which often features local crafts, doubles as a room for seniors to play euchre, the local shoe repair man to teach chess, community leaders to plan special action, and so on.

Ex. The first local craft union was formed in Philadelphia in 1792 by shoemakers.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Electronic shoes for the cobbler's children: treatment of digital journals in library and information science databases' = El artículo se titutlo "Zapatos electrónicos para los hijos del zapatero: el tratamiento de las revistas electrónicas en las bases de datos de biblioteconomía y documentación".

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- ra masculino, femenino shoemaker, cobbler

- zapatero remendón

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‹patatas› dry; ‹bistec› tough, leathery

shoemaker, cobbler

zapatero, a tus zapatos stick to what you know, let the cobbler stick to his last

cobbler

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◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

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♦ adj

1. [del zapato]

2. [legumbres] hard, tough

♦ nm,f

1. [fabricante] shoemaker

2. [reparador] cobbler;

tengo que llevar estas botas al zapatero I've got to take these boots to the cobbler's;

¡zapatero a tus zapatos! mind your own business!

zapatero de viejo cobbler

3. [vendedor] shoe seller

♦ nm

1. [insecto] Br pondskater, US water strider

2. [estante] shoe rack;

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m, zapatera f shoemaker;

zapatero a tus zapatos stick to what you know

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zapatero, -ra adj

: dry, tough, poorly cooked

zapatero, -ra n

: shoemaker, cobbler

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zapatero n shoemaker

SUBJECT AREA: Land transport

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Pierre Michaux has been variously described as a cabinet-maker, a locksmith and a carriage-repairer. He probably combined all these occupations. He had a workshop near the Champs Elysées in Paris in 1861 where he set up a business in the manufacture of bicycles. His machines, which became known as Michaulines, were largely built of wood but had the great advantage over the draisienne that the rider's feet rested on a pair of pedals connected to the axle of the front wheel. In the late 1850s solid rubber tyres were added to the wheels. In 1865 Michaux et Cie built about four hundred Michaulines. By 1866–7 they had developed a new model with a wrought-iron frame and a larger front wheel. This machine was shown at the World Exhibition held in Paris in 1867 and the company received many orders, including one from the invalid Napoleon III. The Prince Imperial also had a Michauline. Late in the 1860s the Olivier brothers invested 100,000 francs in Michaux et Cie, allowing the firm to move to a 2 1/2-acre (1-he-care) factory near the Arc de Triomphe. Soon afterwards, Michaux père accepted a 200,000 franc payment and left the firm, which continued to flourish. In the early 1870s the Olivier brothers were building as many as two hundred machines each day. By 1870 they employed 500 workers using fifty-seven forges. There were in addition about sixty other bicycle makers in Paris and fifteen in provincial France.

The 1867 Michauline had a metal backbone and a lever-shoe brake; the saddle was mounted on a single leaf spring; slotted cranks allowed the effective crank length to be adjusted; and the machine weighed 59 lb (27 kg).

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