The most popular types of leather glove sewing stitches used today are: 1  Hand stitched, which is most popular in men's gloves and some women's styles. Hand stitching is a very time-consuming and skilled process. 2  Inseam, which is mainly used on women's gloves, but occasionally on men's dress gloves.
exÂ·panÂ·sive. adj. 1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand. 2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers. 3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.
expansive cement. Definition. A type of cement whose set paste increases in volume substantially more than the set paste of Portland cement. Used in applications where the desired results include the compensation for volume decrease due to shrinkage, or the induction of tensile stress in reinforcement.