of a last, made the same length as the stick length of the foot it is meant to fit, rather than with a length allowance, as when made to nominal standard last length
One a blunt, bulldog-shaped last, the extension naturally is less than on a last of narrower shape. In fact, some lasts have no extension at all. That is to say, in the lastmaker’s phrase, they are “down to stick.”
— The Shoe and Leather Lexicon, Fourth Edition, 1918