Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

haberdashery

[hab-er-dash-uh-ree]
noun, plural hab·er·dash·er·ies.
  1. a haberdasher's shop.
  2. the goods sold there.
Show More

Origin of haberdashery

1425–75; late Middle English haberdashrye < Anglo-French. See haberdasher, -y3
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for haberdashery

Historical Examples of haberdashery

  • I left him gloating over his windfall, and plunged into haberdashery.

    Margarita's Soul

    Ingraham Lovell

  • The girl who had charge of the haberdashery asked if she could serve her.

  • Watch the sales in the autumn and the late spring for bargains in haberdashery.

    The Complete Bachelor

    Walter Germain

  • I must say the suit case contained a nice assortment of haberdashery.

  • Yes, it keeps everything—sweets, oil, candles and haberdashery.

    Dimbie and I--and Amelia

    Mabel Barnes-Grundy

British Dictionary definitions for haberdashery

haberdashery

noun plural -eries
  1. the goods or business kept by a haberdasher
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for haberdashery

n.

early 15c., Anglo-French, "goods sold by a haberdasher," from haberdasher + -y (2). Meaning "a haberdasher's shop" is recorded from 1813, with meaning shading to -ery.

Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper