Millinery
['mɪlɪnərɪ] or ['mɪlɪnɛri]
Definition
(noun.) hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner.
(noun.) shop selling women's hats.
Typist: Rachel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like.
(n.) The business of work of a milliner.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- Mrs. BETH BOUNCER will open her new assortment of Doll's Millinery next week. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Regina's renowned millinery establishment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- So this old philanthropist used to make her equal run of her errands, execute her millinery, and read her to sleep with French novels, every night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her husband bade her buy laces, millinery, jewels, and gimcracks of all sorts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Olivia