Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tailor
nountailoring (countable and uncountable, plural tailorings)
plural tailorings
- countableuncountableWork done by a tailor.
A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.
1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4 - countablefigurativelyuncountableAny modification or ornamentation.
Translations
German Schneiderei
- Schneidereiwork of a tailor
Polish krawiectwo
- krawiectwowork of a tailor
Spanish confección
- confecciónwork of a tailor
Yiddish שנײַדערײַ
- שנײַדערײַ (shnayderay)work of a tailor
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APA
tailoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailoring
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“tailoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailoring. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tailoring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailoring.
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