sutorial

English

Etymology

From Latin sūtōrius (of a shoemaker).

Adjective

sutorial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to shoemakers or shoemaking.
    • 1826, Charles Molloy Westmacott, The Punster's Pocket-book:
      From the son of Crispin who, having nothing but one of his sutorial weapons at hand wherewith to dispatch the cotelette de boef, remarked that his all was at stake []
    • 1863, “Breakfast in Bed; or, Philosophy Between the Sheets. No. VIII. On a remarkable dog”, in Temple Bar, volume 8, London: Ward and Lock, page 209:
    • 2021 June 13, Ruth La Ferla, “High heels are ready to stomp out crocs”, in Philadelphia Tribune, page 3B:
  2. Pertaining to sewing.
    • 1878, “Bird architecture § Tailor bird”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 16, number 3:
      The first mention of its peculiar sutorial powers was made by Pennant, in his "Indian Zoology," where it was accompanied by an illustration.

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