lasting-machine

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Same as laster .
2. n. In shoe manufacturing, a machine for drawing, stretching, and bending the upper of a shoo over the last and preparing it to fit and join the sole and heel. It repeats, essentially, the operations performed by hand with a laster, and inserts and drives tacks into the edge of the upper, to hold it in place while the shoe is sewed, wired, or nailed.