tailoringn.

/ˈteɪlərɪŋ/

Etymology: < tailor v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action or business of a tailor; the making of garments.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun]

tailoring1662

louse-pricking1710

tailorization1853

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes xv, in Tracts (1769) 83 The value of wool, clothing, and tayloring, even to the thread and needles might be comprehended.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v. 12/2 Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere Accident.

1888 Queen 7 Apr. 425 Tailoring for Ladies (and not Tailoressing) is carried on at Ulster House.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 704 Unable to follow her occupation of tailoring.

b. The production of the tailor; tailor's work.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made by specific manufacturer > by tailor

tailory1610

tailorism1839

tailorage1858

tailor-made1873

tailordom1895

tailoring1899

18.. J. G. Whittier Prose Wks. (1889) II. 239 Priests, stripped of their sacerdotal tailoring, were in his view but men, after all.

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xxiv. 246 In all the glory of the best tailoring in town.

c. figurative. The act of adjusting or producing to suit specific needs. Originally U.S.

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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > [noun]

transposing1550

adaption1615

alienation1644

suppling1671

adaptation1787

reconfiguration1856

tailoring1943

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Feb. 4/5 Thirty-seven ration boards in the State now are completing the tailoring of ration books.

1951 Times 21 Sept. 1/5 (advt.) Highpolymer chemist for applied research on the ‘tailoring’ of linear macromolecules required by an important, very modern works in S.W. England.

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) p. xii Very precise editing and tailoring keeps our text fiercely subjective.

d. attributive.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [adjective]

sartorian1668

sartorial1823

tailoring1876

1876 C. Kingsley Cheap Clothes & Nasty in Alton Locke (rev. ed.) p. lxxxii The means of reducing prices in the tailoring trade.

1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xli. 352 The most finished examples of the tailoring art.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

tailoringadj.

/ˈteɪlərɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix².

That does tailor's work. In quot. 1737 figurative.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [adjective] > that does tailor's work

tailoring1737

1737 M. Green Spleen 520 These Tayl'ring artists for our lays Invent cramp'd rules, and with strait stays..Emaciate sense, before they fit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	tailoring
释义	tailoringn. /ˈteɪlərɪŋ/ Etymology: < tailor v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The action or business of a tailor; the making of garments. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] tailoring1662 louse-pricking1710 tailorization1853 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes xv, in Tracts (1769) 83 The value of wool, clothing, and tayloring, even to the thread and needles might be comprehended. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v. 12/2 Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere Accident. 1888 Queen 7 Apr. 425 Tailoring for Ladies (and not Tailoressing) is carried on at Ulster House. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 704 Unable to follow her occupation of tailoring. b. The production of the tailor; tailor's work. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made by specific manufacturer > by tailor tailory1610 tailorism1839 tailorage1858 tailor-made1873 tailordom1895 tailoring1899 18.. J. G. Whittier Prose Wks. (1889) II. 239 Priests, stripped of their sacerdotal tailoring, were in his view but men, after all. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xxiv. 246 In all the glory of the best tailoring in town. c. figurative. The act of adjusting or producing to suit specific needs. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > [noun] transposing1550 adaption1615 alienation1644 suppling1671 adaptation1787 reconfiguration1856 tailoring1943 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Feb. 4/5 Thirty-seven ration boards in the State now are completing the tailoring of ration books. 1951 Times 21 Sept. 1/5 (advt.) Highpolymer chemist for applied research on the ‘tailoring’ of linear macromolecules required by an important, very modern works in S.W. England. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) p. xii Very precise editing and tailoring keeps our text fiercely subjective. d. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [adjective] sartorian1668 sartorial1823 tailoring1876 1876 C. Kingsley Cheap Clothes & Nasty in Alton Locke (rev. ed.) p. lxxxii The means of reducing prices in the tailoring trade. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xli. 352 The most finished examples of the tailoring art. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2019). tailoringadj. /ˈteɪlərɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix². That does tailor's work. In quot. 1737 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [adjective] > that does tailor's work tailoring1737 1737 M. Green Spleen 520 These Tayl'ring artists for our lays Invent cramp'd rules, and with strait stays..Emaciate sense, before they fit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1662adj.1737
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