单词 | mantle-making |
释义 | mantle-makingn. Now historical. The action or occupation of making mantles (mantle n. 1a); (gen.) dressmaking. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making other items of clothing mantle-making1860 ruffling1902 1860 C. Cole Sewing Machine 18 In mantle making the prices paid for the common descriptions of work debar the use of silk in stitching. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1897) Rag trade,..the tailoring business. Also the mantle-making trade. 1903 Daily Chron. 24 Feb. 8/5 Girls wanted..to learn dress and mantle making. 2006 G. Kirton Making of Women Trade Unionists iii. 28 The [Women's Trade Union] League..was set up to help establish individual unions for women employed in bookbinding, millinery, mantle-making and other skilled sewing trades. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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