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tai·lor
(tā′lər)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 tāliāre, from Latin tālea, a cutting.]
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tailoring
(ˈteɪlərɪŋ)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) the way something is tailored; the cut or fit of something
2. (Professions) the work or profession of a tailor
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tailoring
[ˈteɪlərɪŋ] n (= cut) → coupe ftailor-made [ˌteɪlərˈmeɪd] adj (= specially adapted) [trip, course, solution] → sur mesure
(= perfect) to be tailor-made for sth → être idéal(e) pour qch
to be tailor-made for sb [part, job] → être fait(e) pour qn
to be tailor-made for sb [part, job] → être fait(e) pour qn
(= made-to-measure) [suit] → sur mesure
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tailoring
n → Verarbeitung f; (= profession) → Schneiderei f; this is a nice piece of tailoring → das ist sehr gut gearbeitet
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