The retro high-top, mounted on adidas Metro Attitude tooling, boasts a reflective mirror-effect leather upper, finished in an all-over print of romantic pink roses.

https://lockerdome.com/freshnessmag/7518571006798100

tool·ing (to͞o′lĭng)
n.
1. Work or ornamentation done with tools, especially stamped or gilded designs on leather.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tooling

The canny artist managed to surpass a technicality by using the tooling for the Nike Air Assault Retro, which is pretty much the same midsole as the Air Jordan III but has Nike branding on the sole.

http://sneakernews.com/2009/09/15/nike-air-yeezy-tooling-des...

It’s critical that you understand the Tooling and manufacturing requirements for each outsole type. If you are designing for Nike go ahead and design a complicated outsole with blow molded air bags, plastic injections etc…. The sky is the limit. $20,000 per size is no problem. If the production is a million pairs $150,000 for the tooling is no problem. However if you are start up strapped for cash, a cup sole unit is $1400 per size is more realistic.

http://sneakerfactory.net/sneakers/2015/03/how-to-design-sho...

If you want to learn how shoe outsole tooling is made you are in the right place! All new outsole tooling starts with a designer’s drawing. The designer should have followed the last bottom outline to get the shape close to the final design. The shoe factory outsole technician will create a 2-D drawing for the designer to review. The shoe factory’s technician has a lasted upper so that he can draw a top net that fits the shoe correctly. Once the 2-D drawings are confirmed by the designer, mold factory will make a 3-D CAD drawing that will be used to cut a prototype part.

http://sneakerfactory.net/sneakers/2016/04/shoe-outsole-tool...

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Outsole Tooling
shutterstock_264364937 How to make shoe outsoles eva outsoleThe outsole tooling for athletic shoe is the most complicated and most expensive piece of equipment required for production. The outsole tooling for footwear comes in many different styles and configurations. Shoe outsoles are made from many different types of rubber, plastic, foam, leather or fabric each requiring it’s own tooling requirements and manufacturing technology.

http://sneakerfactory.net/sneakers/2015/03/how-to-design-sho...

I think it only refers to the sole unit, not the whole shoe. Apart from the fact in my first reference you can read 'mounted on', all the other references explain how outer soles are made.

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'Engineered outsole' might be a more accurate translation.

http://www.tactics.com/info/nike-sb-dunk-re-tooling