seamstressn.

Brit.

/ˈsiːmstrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈsimstrəs/

Forms: α. 1600s semstress(e, seamstresse, 1700s seemstress, 1800s semstress, 1600s– seamstress; β. (1600s sempstresse, sempstriss), 1600s– sempstress.

Etymology: < seamster n., sempster (see seamster n.) + -ess suffix¹. N.E.D. (1911) enters this under the double headword seamstress, sempstress and gives the pronunciations (sī·mstrės, se·m^pstrės) /ˈsiːmstrɪs/, /ˈsɛm(p)strɪs/.

A woman who seams or sews; a needlewoman whose occupation is plain sewing as distinguished from dress or mantle-making, decorative embroidery, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > one who

seamsterc995

sewster1391

sewer1399

seamstress1615

fine-drawer1702

stitch-man1710

sewist1867

feller1883

α.

1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 47 A great masse of money and plate was brought into the Guild-hall, the Semstresse brought in her silver Thimble,..the Cook his Spoons.

1665 S. Pepys Diary 8 Apr. (1972) VI. 76 To the Old Exchange and there of my new pretty seamstress bought four bands.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 182. ⁋3 An Irish Fellow, who dresses very fine..and is the Admiration of Seamstresses who are under Age in Town.

1872 Daily News 24 July The wrongs and hardships of the seamstress and the milliner have been set forth in thrilling poetry.

β. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. I4 She can easily turn a sempstresse, into a wayting gentlewoman.1660 S. Pepys Diary 2 Feb. (1970) I. 38 I..went to Mrs. Johnson, my Lord's sempstress.1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 107 Two hundred Sempstresses were employed to make me Shirts, and Linnen for my Bed and Table.1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 My Sempstress..has lost the measure of my wrist.1871 Daily News 6 Nov. Among the prisoners..were two women—a sempstress..and a servant.

Derivatives

ˈseamstressing n. the action of working as a seamstress.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls vii. 113 Dull work in the great warerooms, or now and then at all days' seamstressing in families.

ˈseamstress-ship n. the position, work, or skill of a seamstress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > one who > position or occupation of

seamstry1598

seamstressy1761

seamstress-ship1816

seamstering1822

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. i. 14 The little parlour was..ornamented too by such reliques of her youthful arts of sempstress-ship as Mrs. Hadoway had retained.

a1854 C. A. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 94 And near at hand [sat] The maiden sister friend..At her coarse sempstresship.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seamstress
释义	seamstressn. Brit. /ˈsiːmstrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsimstrəs/ Forms: α. 1600s semstress(e, seamstresse, 1700s seemstress, 1800s semstress, 1600s– seamstress; β. (1600s sempstresse, sempstriss), 1600s– sempstress. Etymology: < seamster n., sempster (see seamster n.) + -ess suffix¹. N.E.D. (1911) enters this under the double headword seamstress, sempstress and gives the pronunciations (sī·mstrės, se·m^pstrės) /ˈsiːmstrɪs/, /ˈsɛm(p)strɪs/. A woman who seams or sews; a needlewoman whose occupation is plain sewing as distinguished from dress or mantle-making, decorative embroidery, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > one who seamsterc995 sewster1391 sewer1399 seamstress1615 fine-drawer1702 stitch-man1710 sewist1867 feller1883 α. 1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 47 A great masse of money and plate was brought into the Guild-hall, the Semstresse brought in her silver Thimble,..the Cook his Spoons. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 8 Apr. (1972) VI. 76 To the Old Exchange and there of my new pretty seamstress bought four bands. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 182. ⁋3 An Irish Fellow, who dresses very fine..and is the Admiration of Seamstresses who are under Age in Town. 1872 Daily News 24 July The wrongs and hardships of the seamstress and the milliner have been set forth in thrilling poetry. β. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. I4 She can easily turn a sempstresse, into a wayting gentlewoman.1660 S. Pepys Diary 2 Feb. (1970) I. 38 I..went to Mrs. Johnson, my Lord's sempstress.1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. vi. 107 Two hundred Sempstresses were employed to make me Shirts, and Linnen for my Bed and Table.1758 T. Warton Idler 2 Dec. 273 My Sempstress..has lost the measure of my wrist.1871 Daily News 6 Nov. Among the prisoners..were two women—a sempstress..and a servant. Derivatives ˈseamstressing n. the action of working as a seamstress.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls vii. 113 Dull work in the great warerooms, or now and then at all days' seamstressing in families. ˈseamstress-ship n. the position, work, or skill of a seamstress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > one who > position or occupation of seamstry1598 seamstressy1761 seamstress-ship1816 seamstering1822 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. i. 14 The little parlour was..ornamented too by such reliques of her youthful arts of sempstress-ship as Mrs. Hadoway had retained. a1854 C. A. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 94 And near at hand [sat] The maiden sister friend..At her coarse sempstresship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1615
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