sartorial, a.
(sɑːˈtɔərɪəl)
[f. L. sartōri-us, f. sartor: see sartor and -al1.]
Of or belonging to a tailor or his art; characteristic of a tailor.
| 1823 Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 24/2 A little wicked tailor arrives... He is turned over to a settler, who leases this sartorial Borgia his liberty for five shillings per week. 1831 Carlyle Sart. Res. i. v, The First Chapter..turns on Paradise and Fig-leaves, and leads us into interminable disquisitions of a mythological, metaphorical, cabalistico⁓sartorial..cast. 1832 ― Misc. (1840) IV. 108 His visitor..we suppose, sat upon folios, or in the sartorial fashion. 1893 Vizetelly Glances Back II. xxxvii. 337 The sartorial artist..had been vainly trying to obtain payment. |