tailoring

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tailor

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Work done by a tailor.

   “A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.”

2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any modification or ornamentation.