| sartor |
| sartorial | (adj) of or relating to the sartorius muscle |
| sartorial | (adj) of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring |
| sartorius | (n) a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body, Syn. sartorius muscle, musculus sartorius |
| Sartorial | a. [ See Sartorius. ] Our legs skulked under the table as free from sartorial impertinences as those of the noblest savages. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sartorius | ‖n. [ NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend. ] (Anat.) A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting. [ 1913 Webster ] |
