Meanings
- not comparablePertaining to shoemakers or shoemaking.
From the son of Crispin who, having nothing but one of his sutorial weapons at hand wherewith to dispatch the cotelette de boef, remarked that his all was at stake[…]
1826, Charles Molloy Westmacott, The Punster's Pocket-book2 more examples
A pair of boots of mine had been sent to this worthy Crispin to be mended, and he kept them twenty-seven days. It wasn’t Easter-time; there was no fair or wake, fatal to sutorial industry, about.
1863, “Breakfast in Bed; or, Philosophy Between the Sheets. No. VIII. On a remarkable dog”, in Temple Bar, volume 8, London: Ward and Lock, page 209High-heeled shoes were at the point of flatlining, industry pundits fretted, teetering on the edge of extinction. Fast-forward a few months to find those consumers making a sharp sutorial pivot: trading comfort and function for the joy of dressing up.
2021 June 13, Ruth La Ferla, “High heels are ready to stomp out crocs”, in Philadelphia Tribune, page 3B - not comparablePertaining to sewing.
The first mention of its peculiar sutorial powers was made by Pennant, in his "Indian Zoology," where it was accompanied by an illustration.
1878, “Bird architecture § Tailor bird”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 16, number 3
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinsūtōrius“of a shoemaker”
- Englishsutorial
From Latin sūtōrius (“of a shoemaker”).
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