souter
/ˈsuːtə
/(also soutar)
noun Scottish & Northern English
A shoemaker.The balls were probably made by a souter (a shoemaker or cobbler), whose stitching skills were essential to producing a good ball....
- An interlude follows in which are described the adventures of Chastity among humbler folks, a tailor, a soutar, and their wives.
- As far as my own garden is concerned, there is a saying that ‘the soutar's bairns are the worst shod’ and in gardening terms that could apply to me.
Origin
Old English sūtere, from Latin sutor, from suere 'sew'.