dressmaking

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noun

The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

OriginEnglish making ← Middle English making ← Old English macung →
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Meanings

noundressmaking (usually uncountable, plural dressmakings)

plural dressmakings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdressen
  2. Englishdress
  3. Old Englishmacung
  4. Middle Englishmaking
  5. Englishmaking
  6. Englishdressmaking

From dress + making.

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Translations

Arabic خِيَاطَة
  • خِيَاطَة (ḵiyāṭa)the craft of making dresses
Finnish ompelu
  • ompeluthe craft of making dresses
French couture
  • couturethe craft of making dresses
Irish gúnadóireacht
  • gúnadóireachtthe craft of making dresses
Italian sartoria
  • sartoriathe craft of making dresses
Japanese 仕立て
  • 仕立て (shitate)the craft of making dresses
Persian خیاطی
  • خیاطی (xayyâti)the craft of making dresses
Cite this entry
APA

dressmaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressmaking

MLA

“dressmaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressmaking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dressmaking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressmaking.

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