Definition of Tailar
Tai"lor (?), n. [OF. tailleor, F.
tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L.
talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf.
Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally,
n.] 1. One whose occupation is to
cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies'
outer garments.
Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
wert a man's tailor. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The
mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b)
The silversides.
3. (Zoöl.) The goldfish. [Prov.
Eng.]
Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.), the
bluefish. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. -- Tailor
bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of
small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus,
Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which
they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O.
longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor
bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and
the back and wings pale olive-green.
Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tailored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tailoring.] To practice making men's clothes; to follow the
business of a tailor.
These tailoring artists for our lays
Invent cramped rules. M. Green.
Tai"lor (?), n. [OF. tailleor, F.
tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L.
talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf.
Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally,
n.] 1. One whose occupation is to
cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies'
outer garments.
Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
wert a man's tailor. Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The
mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b)
The silversides.
3. (Zoöl.) The goldfish. [Prov.
Eng.]
Salt-water tailor (Zoöl.), the
bluefish. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. -- Tailor
bird (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of
small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus,
Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which
they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are O.
longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor
bird (O. coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and
the back and wings pale olive-green.
Tai"lor, v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Tailored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tailoring.] To practice making men's clothes; to follow the
business of a tailor.
These tailoring artists for our lays
Invent cramped rules. M. Green.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
- To make, repair, or alter clothes.
- To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need, e.g. a narrowly tailored law.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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