womenswearn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪmɪnzwɛː/, U.S.

/ˈwɪmᵻnzˌwɛ(ə)r/

Forms: 1700s womens wear, 1700s–1800s womens' wear, 1700s– women's wear, 1900s– womenswear.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., wear n.

Etymology: < the genitive plural of woman n. (compare woman n. Compounds 5) + wear n. Compare later menswear n.

Clothes for women; (also) a department or sales division of a retail company concerned with this. In early use: †what is worn by or is appropriate to be worn by women (obsolete). Frequently attributive.Chiefly in commercial contexts.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for men and women > for women

womenswear1720

ladies' wear1786

1720 D. Clayton Short Syst. Trade 11 Stuffs, many of which are Womens wear.

1739 Observ. Brit. Wool in J. Smith Chronicon Rusticum-commerciale (1747) II. cxl. 327 §20 Had the Prohibition of Callicoes influenced the Demand, it would have been confined to such Stuffs as are peculiar to the Womens Wear.

1774 J. Beekman Let. 7 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 696 12 pieces Newest fashion worsted Stuff for Womens wear.

1804 C. Coote Statist. Surv. County Armagh ii. x. 253 Womens' wear, of cotton, will amount to about 3l., with cloak, petticoat, shoes, stockings, &c.

1859 J. H. Griscom Memoir iv. 108 Various articles of men's and women's wear, bed-quilts, pin-cushions, etc., very neatly made by them, are kept for sale.

1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vi. ii. 409 Very shortly some slaves came to the cell with a large gurglet of water, a basin and napkins, a platter with bread and meat, and some garments of women's wear.

1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 320 Thousands of women in the tenements of large cities..who make every variety of women's wear from the coarsest to the finest..continue to labor for hours limited only by the extreme of physical endurance.

1922 R. F. Salade Sales Suggestions for Paper Box Manufacturers ii. 25 A number of paper box manufacturers are specializing in suit boxes for..retail clothiers, women's wear speciality shops, dressmakers, etc.

1980 Times 22 Jan. 9/6 Austin Reed is planning to open a womenswear area in the Regent Street branch.

2007 Retail Week (Nexis) 28 Dec. [The company] is scrapping the role of head of buying for womenswear only nine months after it began a restructure of its buying divisions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	womenswear
释义	womenswearn. Brit. /ˈwɪmɪnzwɛː/, U.S. /ˈwɪmᵻnzˌwɛ(ə)r/ Forms: 1700s womens wear, 1700s–1800s womens' wear, 1700s– women's wear, 1900s– womenswear. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., wear n. Etymology: < the genitive plural of woman n. (compare woman n. Compounds 5) + wear n. Compare later menswear n. Clothes for women; (also) a department or sales division of a retail company concerned with this. In early use: †what is worn by or is appropriate to be worn by women (obsolete). Frequently attributive.Chiefly in commercial contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for men and women > for women womenswear1720 ladies' wear1786 1720 D. Clayton Short Syst. Trade 11 Stuffs, many of which are Womens wear. 1739 Observ. Brit. Wool in J. Smith Chronicon Rusticum-commerciale (1747) II. cxl. 327 §20 Had the Prohibition of Callicoes influenced the Demand, it would have been confined to such Stuffs as are peculiar to the Womens Wear. 1774 J. Beekman Let. 7 May in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) II. 696 12 pieces Newest fashion worsted Stuff for Womens wear. 1804 C. Coote Statist. Surv. County Armagh ii. x. 253 Womens' wear, of cotton, will amount to about 3l., with cloak, petticoat, shoes, stockings, &c. 1859 J. H. Griscom Memoir iv. 108 Various articles of men's and women's wear, bed-quilts, pin-cushions, etc., very neatly made by them, are kept for sale. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vi. ii. 409 Very shortly some slaves came to the cell with a large gurglet of water, a basin and napkins, a platter with bread and meat, and some garments of women's wear. 1905 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 320 Thousands of women in the tenements of large cities..who make every variety of women's wear from the coarsest to the finest..continue to labor for hours limited only by the extreme of physical endurance. 1922 R. F. Salade Sales Suggestions for Paper Box Manufacturers ii. 25 A number of paper box manufacturers are specializing in suit boxes for..retail clothiers, women's wear speciality shops, dressmakers, etc. 1980 Times 22 Jan. 9/6 Austin Reed is planning to open a womenswear area in the Regent Street branch. 2007 Retail Week (Nexis) 28 Dec. [The company] is scrapping the role of head of buying for womenswear only nine months after it began a restructure of its buying divisions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1720
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