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tailorn.1 Etymology: Middle English < Anglo-Norman taillour = Old French tailleor , -eur (oblique case of tailler(r)e ); in modern French tailleur = Provençal talador (nominative talaire ), Catalan tallador , Spanish tallador engraver, tajador cutter, Italian tagliatore cutter < late Latin or Common Romanic tāliātōr-em (nominative tāliātor ) cutter, agent-noun < tāliāre to cut: see tail v.2 In French the word had, and still has, the general sense of cutter, hewer, sculptor (tailleur de pierre , de bois , de cuir , d'images , etc.), but already in the 13th cent. was used absolutely for tailleur d'habits , de robes , medieval Latin tāliātor vestium , robārum , cutter out or fashioner of clothes, tailor. The latter use is found in English from the 14th cent., the general sense ‘cutter’ being rare and doubtful: compare 1297, c1412, in sense 1. Signification. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor 1297 (Rolls) 6391 A robe he let him ssape uerst of blod red scarlet þere Þe ssarpe stones bi þe stret is tailors were..Þe tailors corue so moni peces uor is robe ne ssolde powȝe. c1412 T. Hoccleve 472 The taillours..moot heer-after soone Shape in þe feeld. 1466 in (1841) 354 Herry Galle taylour,..axsethe for makenge of a longe gowne of pewke, ij.s. 1530 J. Palsgrave 68 A tayllours wyfe or a woman tayllyour. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 149 Shal. What trade art thou Feeble? Feeble A womans tailer sir... Fal... but if he had bin a mans tailer hee'd a prickt you. c1600 (1875) I. 5 This yeare the Taylors sued to the Kinge to be called Marchant taylors. 1611 B. Rich (1844) 34 I doe see the wisedome of women to be still ouer~reached by Taylers, that can euery day induce them to as many new fangled fashions as they please to inuent. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. ii. 196 I saw a Smith..With open mouth swallowing a Taylors newes. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Pepys 25 May (1971) IV. 155 Into the coach again; and taking up my wife's Taylor. 1704 J. Pitts iii. 16 They all sit down cross-legg'd, as Taylors do. 1751 S. Johnson No. 123. ⁋5 I..sent for my taylor; ordered a suit..and..staid at home till it was made. a1774 A. Tucker (1834) II. 416 Our London company of tailors have a better title to the dignity of merchant by their magnificent hall. 1845 G. P. R. James I. i. 23 Did you ever see a tailor cut out a coat? the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster ii. sig. B4v They say three Taylors go to the making vp of a man, but Ime sure I had foure Taylors and a halfe went to the making of me thus. 1608 W. Shakespeare vii. 56 Kent. A Tayler made thee. Duke. Thou art a strange fellow, a Taylor make a man. View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 111 in II Belieue it Sir, That clothes doe much vpon the wit,..and thence comes your prouerbe, The Taylor makes the man. 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in (Wing C4662) 26 Like to nine Taylors, who if rightly spelled, Into one man, are monosyllabled. 1663 S. Butler i. ii. 73 Compos'd of many ingredient Valours, Just like the Manhood of nine Taylors. 1819 W. Scott 26 July (1933) V. 427 They say it takes nine tailors to make a man—apparently one is sufficient to ruin him. 1908 H. B. Walters in 96 ‘Nine Tailors make a man’, is said to be really ‘nine tellers’, ‘tellers’ being the strokes for male, female, or child, in a funeral knell or passing bell. 3 × 3 for male. [In Dorset these strokes are said to be called tailors: Acad. 11 Feb. 1899, 190/1.] the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > pomolobus mediocris (tailor-shad) the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > genus Leuciscus > leuciscus alburnus (bleak) 1676 (Royal Soc.) 11 625 In the Creeks are great store of small fish, as Perches, Crokers, Taylors, Eels. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Tailor, a fish resembling the shad, but inferior to it in size and flavor... On the Potomac, the Blue fish is called a Salt-water tailor. 1880 22 The ‘Tailor’, is well known in Port Jackson. The young fish are constantly making their appearance in shoals in the summer season. 1883 (ed. 4) 176 Schnapper, Mullet, Jew-fish, Taylor, Travalley, Black-fish. 1888 [see tailor-shad n. at Compounds 2a]. 1890 18 Jan. 32/1 All Thames anglers know that bleak are nick-named tailors. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch) 1848 6 2138 Goldfinches... That bird is in fact here [i.e. in Leicestershire] known solely as a ‘proud-tailor’, though for brevity's sake..they..speak of it simply as a teelor. 4. dialect. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly) 1682 tr. J. Goedaert 131 A creature furnished with 2 wings and 6 long Feet called by us when boyes, the Tayler. 1816 48 96 The variegated hairy caterpillar called ‘the Tailor’. 1840 J. O. Westwood in E. Blyth et al. 619 These insects are well known under the names of Daddy long-legs, Tailors, &c. Compounds C1. Also tailor-made adj. a. General attributive. c1400 (Roxb.) xxvi. 122 All maner of craftez,..talyour craft and sowter craft and swilk oþer. 1835 J. P. Kennedy II. xxiv. 133 [It] did but little credit to the tailor-craft employed in its fabrication. 1882 ‘M. Twain’ xiii. 154 Noble large stitches..that do cause these small stingy ones of the tailor-man to look mightily paltry. 1899 27 Feb. 6/6 One such costume..which some tailor-man introduced as a novelty this season. 1483 c. 12 §1 No merchaunt Straungier..brynge..to be sold any manner Gurdels..Taillourshires, Scisors [etc.]. 1545 sig. cvij Tayler sheres the dossen vj.s. viij.d. 1916 G. Frankau in Kemmel Times 3 July in (2006) 107/2 Oh! where is Caw-Caw the Captain bold, The pride of the tailor-shop? 1979 3 20 I played a lot with Mezzrow. And with Sidney Bechet in his tailorshop in Brooklyn. b. = tailor-made. 1897 22 Apr. 3/1 A tailor costume destined for hard wear. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ ix. 62 Mrs. Hope made her appearance in another smart tailor-frock. 1882 M. E. Braddon III. vi. 106 A well-grown..young woman, in a severe tailor-gown of undyed homespun. 1896 Apr. 443/1 Two straight flaps..finished with several rows of tailor-stitching. 1907 12 Apr. 13/1 We do not soar beyond the new tailor-suit for a week or two longer. c. 1905 27 May 3/7 With the hoop, the tailor-built dress will disappear. 1886 G. R. Sims in 4 Dec. 5/5 Her heavy tailor-cut walking costume. 1906 13 Oct. 13/1 Élégantes of Paris who were tailor-suited. d. 1630 tr. G. Botero (rev. ed.) 557 Sitting..with their legges acrosse, Taylor-like. C2. a. Special combinations and collocations. the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [adverb] > with legs crossed 1877 J. Ruskin ii. iv. 45 A curly-haired personage..sitting in an absurd manner, more or less tailor-fashion. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > hairy 1682 tr. J. Goedaert 131 These Tayler Flyes are very Leacherous. the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having 1768 Poetry 250 A taylor-legg'd Pompey, Cassius, shall you see, And the ninth~part of Brutus strut in me! the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > order Clupeiformes > [noun] > family Clupeidae and herrings > pomolobus mediocris (tailor-shad) 1888 G. B. Goode 405 [Hickory Shad or Mattowacca] Clupea mediocris. In the Potomac the species is called the ‘Tailor Shad’ or the ‘Freshwater Tailor’, in contradistinction to the bluefish, which is called the ‘Salt-water Tailor’ [Tomatomax saltatrix]. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > tailor tack 1902 R. P. Browne iii. 80 ‘Tailor Tacking’—This stitch is used to trace the seams, &c., through to the second side of the cloth—following the lines which have been marked with tailor's chalk. 1979 M. McCrirrick iv. 35 Tailor tacker, for working quantities of tailor tacks on a thick pad of foam rubber... Marking set, for transferring single pattern marks to both sides of fabric at the same time as an alternative to tailor tacking. 1896 N. Munro 156 On the weedy stones the tailor-tartans leaped like grass hoppers. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Carduelis > carduelis carduelis (goldfinch) 1783 J. Latham II. ii. 515 Tailor W[arbler]. This is a small species, being only three inches in length. the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > [adverb] > with legs crossed 1885 Mar. 283 Priests sitting with their legs tucked up tailor-wise, in the attitude of Buddha. 1913 W. de la Mare 20 To see them squatting tailor-wise Around a keg of rum. c1973 J. Cholerton (Assoc. Amer. Dancing) (ed. 7) 3 Lower (side view) to tailor-wise sit. b. Also with tailor's (occasionally tailors'). the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > equipment > dummy 1896 ‘Iota’ 117 She's a bit too good for that tailor's block. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with a thimble 1673 E. Hickeringill 175 A tailors blow, a knock with a thimble. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > equipment > other 1881 C. C. Harrison iii. 167 Grass and iris were sketched on the blue surface with tailor's chalk. 1932 D. C. Minter 107/2 Almost indispensable to successful dressmaking are..a yard stick, tailors' chalk. 1966 36 Tailor's chalk..Loose boxes of 100 pieces square or triangle. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > equipment > dummy 1889 A. Conan Doyle xxxv. 394 Away, away, you tailor's dummy! 1977 A. Scholefield v. 204 A maze of sewing machines and tailors' dummies. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > canvas > for specific purpose 1904 Woollen Draper's Terms in 4 Aug. 480/1 Tailors' Friend, a rather soft make of canvas used for vest interlining, made in white and black, and colours. the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of leg 1728 E. Chambers at Sartorius In Anatomy, the Taylor's Muscle. 1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Sartorius Musculus, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran The Taylor's Muscle, so called because it brings the Legs across. 1894 27 Feb. 6/3 What is known as the ‘tailor's muscle’ running across the thigh and lifting the leg. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > tailor tack 1927 x. 98 Tailors' tacks,—after cutting out a garment..mark with tailors' tacks the perforations at ‘Outlet’ or ‘Let-Out’ seams. 1964 ii. 32/2 Tailor's tack, method of marking pattern symbols. 1975 C. Calasibetta 488/2 Tailor's tacks, large stitches taken through two thicknesses of fabric with a loop left between the layers which are later cut apart, leaving tufts in each piece; used for guide marks in tailoring. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > tailor tack 1952 E. King iv. 22 Tailor's tacking, suitable for all fabrics, but specially for woollens, crêpes, lace, velvets and loosely-woven or flimsy goods. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery 1873 Mar. 150/2 Work the button-holes with tailors' twist, which is sold..at one penny per dozen lengths of one yard. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > strong, for travelling > chaise or post-chaise > other types 1818 2 232 Tailors' Waggons, as we used to call..those great, cumberous, four wheeled chaises. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > yard > specific 1547 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark (1886) II. 727 xxtie taylors yerdes from the northe ende of the old Brewhouse. 1548 f. clxxxvjv They came not nere the Southermen, by ,xl. taylors yerdes. the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Orion 1827 J. Clare 111 The Tailor's Yard~band, which hangs streaming high. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tailorv.the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (intransitive)] 1662 [implied in: W. Petty Treat. Taxes xv, in (1769) 83 The value of wool, clothing, and tayloring, even to the thread and needles might be comprehended. (at tailoring n. a)]. 1719 D. Defoe 158 I set to work a Taylering, or rather indeed a Botching. 1863 B. Jerrold 99 Under their superintendence half a dozen boys..are sewing and tailoring. 1882–3 2249 [Stilling] taught school two days a week, and tailored four. 2. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] 1856 E. K. Kane I. xxviii. 366 My buffalo-robes already tailored into kapetahs on their backs. 1888 30 Apr. 2/7 A coat selling at 2l. 2s. was sewn and completely tailored for 4s. 6d. 1923 26 Feb. 14 Manufactured from pure Wool in a fine twill soft in texture in a weight which will tailor perfectly. 3. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] a1832 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. to ed. 2, in (1843) I. 249/2 If tailoring a man out with God's attributes..is blasphemy, none was ever so rank as Blackstone's. 1885 D. C. Murray ii. ii The country tradesmen who tailored him had sleepless nights. 1893 24 July 1/2 He wore a frock coat, and seemed faultlessly tailored. society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > be in debt [verb (intransitive)] > get into arrears > specific with a tailor 1861 T. Hughes II. xii. 232 You haven't hunted, or gambled, or tailored much. the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot without killing 1889 146 475 They ought to wait when a bird rises in this manner and tailor him accordingly. 1903 29 Sept. 4/2 One of them..letting birds past him untouched, knocking out tail feathers, and generally ‘tailoring’ his pheasants. the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > adaptation > adapt [verb (transitive)] 1942 23 Oct. 6/2 Maryland farmers will tailor next year's crops to a size which can be worked by their individual families. 1950 9 June 655/3 To secure maximum performance the apparatus should be ‘tailored’ for each application. 1951 M. McLuhan 98/2 To the mind of the modern girl, legs, like busts, are power points which she has been taught to tailor. 1959 2 July 35/1 A writer who soberly tailors a piece to fit into sixty minutes. 1961 23 Feb. 484/1 Derivatives containing carbon can be ‘tailored’ to have suitable handling properties. 1964 28 June 23/3 Of course, the story of ‘Hiroshima Pilot as Mental Patient’ was at once tailored to fit the headlines. 1982 G. F. Newman p. vi The shotguns..the pair of Luigi Franchi double twelve~gauge..he had had tailored in London. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.11297v.1662 |
