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tailoring

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tai·lor  (tlr)
n.
One that makes, repairs, and alters garments such as suits, coats, and dresses.
v. tai·lored, tai·lor·ing, tai·lors
v.tr.
1. To make (a garment), especially to specific requirements or measurements.
2. To fit or provide (a person) with clothes made to that person's measurements.
3. To make, alter, or adapt for a particular end or purpose: a speech that was tailored to an audience of business leaders.
v.intr.
To pursue the trade of a tailor.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, to cut, from Late Latin tlire, from Latin tlea, a cutting.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tailoringtailoring - the occupation of a tailor          
craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
Translations

tailoring [ˈteɪlərɪŋ] n (= cut) → corte m;
(craft) → sastrería
tailoring [ˈteɪlərɪŋ] n (= cut) → coupe f
tailoring [ˈteɪlərɪŋ] tailor n (craft) → Schneiderei f;
(cut) → Verarbeitung f
tailoring [ˈteɪlərɪŋ] n (= cut) → taglio


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Upon these views I began to consider about putting the few rags I had, which I called clothes, into some order; I had worn out all the waistcoats I had, and my business was now to try if I could not make jackets out of the great watch-coats which I had by me, and with such other materials as I had; so I set to work, tailoring, or rather, indeed, botching, for I made most piteous work of it.
 
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