tailoring

[ tey-ler-ing ]

noun

1. the business or work of a tailor.
2. the skill or craftsmanship of a tailor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tailoring¹

First recorded in 1655–65; tailor ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The Court, for example, imposes a narrow tailoring requirement on laws that discriminate on the basis of race.

From Vox

Rather than relying on elastic to accommodate curvy hips, designers used sophisticated tailoring.

From Outside Online

Utilitarian options abound, but this one from Wrangler stands out for its retro tailoring and cheerful western details.

From Outside Online

Virtual tailoring also offers some obvious benefits during a pandemic.

From Washington Post

For publishers, content is the same as product, so adopting this retail-like strategy of tailoring content recommendations based on subscribers’ interests achieves similar results.

From Digiday

The pieces are near-identical, excepting the signature buttons on the Chanel suit and a few small tailoring details.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

As in any volume of letters, you see the writer tailoring his persona to suit the reader and the purpose.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Beachwear was the dress code, and even classic tailoring was given a shake up and repurposed into sleek and sporty silhouettes.

From The Daily Beast

Orlean had secured a position in a ladies' tailoring establishment at five dollars and fifty cents a week, and there he went.

From Project Gutenberg

Ninnis and Mertz ran a tailoring business for the dogs, who were brought one by one into the outer Hut to be measured for harness.

From Project Gutenberg

It tells of Lemech the tailor who leaves his wife, and turns miracle-worker, which he finds more profitable than his tailoring.

From Project Gutenberg

Do not be too much addicted to tailoring, remember me to the fairest of the fair, and send me half a dozen needles.

From Project Gutenberg

He was dressed in black, his clothes being well cut, though of obviously foreign tailoring.

From Project Gutenberg

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