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trousering

trousering

1 7.0
Cloth suitable for making pants, often used for suits
  • noun
  • Specialized
: tela de pantalón
  • The new trousering is very soft.

Examples

  • This lightweight trousering is perfect for summer suits.

  • The tailor recommended a durable trousering for everyday wear.

  • She preferred Italian wool trousering for its quality and drape.

  • I bought some trousering for my sewing project.

  • The tailor chose a durable trousering for the new suits he was making.

  • She selected a lightweight trousering that was perfect for summer wear.

  • The store offers a variety of trousering fabrics in different colors and patterns.

Synonyms

suiting
vstrousering
  • Specialized
1 3.2

Cloth used to make suits, often wool or a wool mix

is cloth aimed at making leg garments rather than whole formal outfits
treg
vstrousering
9.9

A soft, stretchy fabric used for making casual pants and clothes for relaxing

is a general fabric suitable for making leg garments rather than only casual ones

Surface Forms

trousering singular
trouserings plural

Morphology

trousering = trouser (semi-transparent) = trouser + ing

The word is formed from 'trouser' plus '-ing' with the specialized meaning 'fabric for making trousers', which is fairly guessable but somewhat lexicalized.

Etymology

The word trousering comes from the familiar trouser plus the ending -ing, where -ing here means 'material for making'. So trousering simply means the cloth used to make trousers, which is why it names fabric suitable for trousers.