Definitions for tailoring

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tailoring tai·lor·ing

Spelling: [tey-ler-ing]

IPA: /ˈteɪ lər ɪŋ/

Tailoring is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 454 anagrams from letters in tailoring (agiilnort).

Definitions for tailoring

noun

1. the business or work of a tailor.
2. the skill or craftsmanship of a tailor.
3. a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.

verb (used with object)

1. to make by tailor's work.
2. to fashion or adapt to a particular taste, purpose, need, etc.:
3. to fit or furnish with clothing.
4. Chiefly U.S. Military. to make (a uniform) to order; cut (a ready-made uniform) so as to cause to fit more snugly; taper.

verb (used without object)

1. to do the work of a tailor.

Origin of tailoring

First recorded in 1655-65; tailor¹ + -ing¹

Examples for tailoring

These novices have their pick of seven branches of training: from mechanics to tailoring, electrical work to “kitchen arts.”

The father of one had amassed a handsome fortune in the tailoring business.

And Polly declares there was never a year when the tailoring cost so little.

The movements of these creatures are as comical as their specimens of tailoring.

tailoring warnings for the areas at greater risk would also help cut down on false alarms.

Employing teams of digital strategists, teams are tailoring ads, emails, and even door knocks to a degree previously unimaginable.

“The theme for the day is you tailoring your evidence,” he added Monday.

This is what seems to have happened in the tailoring industry of England.

We had all to take to tailoring, sewing, mending, and cobbling.

She took a government loan to open a furniture business and expand her tailoring work.