n. [ OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. Detail, Entail, Retail, Tally, n. ] 1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also tailor herring. (b) The silversides. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The goldfish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Salt-water tailor (Zool.), the bluefish. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. --
Tailor bird (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are Orthotomus longicauda, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird (Orthotomus coronatus), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tailored p. pr. & vb. n. Tailoring. ] To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a tailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

These tailoring artists for our lays
Invent cramped rules. M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female tailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. made or as if made specifically for the particular purpose at hand; -- used metaphorically. [ PJC ]