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cut-and-sew

American  

adjective

  1. relating to a process of garment-making in which a length of fabric is cut into shaped pieces which are then sewn together, especially as opposed to a process in which garments are knit as one piece.


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In cotton fields, ginneries, yarn mills, dye facilities and cut-and-sew shops in the Carolinas, conversations get animated when they turn to trade law, which hangs over the work being done.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

This included a major tobacco company and eyeglass, luggage, cut-and-sew apparel, and container companies.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2022

Then, just this last year, we started doing more cut-and-sew apparel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021

Their ribbon cutting heralded the return of American-made apparel manufacturing to Swainsboro, more than 20 years after many cut-and-sew plants closed throughout the U.S.

From Washington Times • Jan. 14, 2021

It has lots of cut-and-sew paneling, but there are also welded panels, just to get rid of the seams.

From Time Magazine Archive

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