1. a person who shapes or repairs shoes using a last (a foot-shaped form)
Usage: technical; shoemaking

Examples

• The skilled laster carefully shaped the leather around the wooden form.
• Each laster in the factory was responsible for fitting dozens of shoes per day.
• The old laster had been working with shoes for over thirty years.
• Modern shoe manufacturing still requires experienced lasters for quality footwear.
• The laster examined the wooden last before beginning work on the boot.