Dressmaking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The occupation of a dressmaker.
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  • noun. The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.
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  • noun. the craft of making dresses.
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  • noun. the craft of making dresses
    • Word Usage
    "In freeing women from corsets and dissolving the fortified grandeur of the obdurate, hyperbolic silhouette, Poiret effected a concomitant revolution in dressmaking, one that shifted the emphasis away from the skills of tailoring to … the skills of draping."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    craft  trade  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    couture  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    beadwork  clubs'  confectionery  cretonne  crochet-work  
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