| 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). <  | 
	
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