† manteau-maker Obs. (superseded by the incorrect mantua-maker).
[See manteau.]
One who makes women's robes; a dressmaker.
| 1699 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 551 Mrs. Potter, the manteau maker,..is still in custody of a messenger. 1702 Farquhar Twin Rivals iv. i. (1703) 45 One of 'em is a Manto-maker. 1795 Gentl. Mag. LXV. ii. 979 A man of distinguished abilities as a milliner and manteau-maker. |