millinery

[ mil-uh-ner-ee, -nuh-ree ]

noun

1. women's hats and other articles made or sold by milliners.
2. the business or trade of a milliner.

millinery

/ -ɪnrɪ; ˈmɪlɪnərɪ /

noun

1. hats, trimmings, etc, sold by a milliner
2. the business or shop of a milliner

Word History and Origins

Origin of millinery¹

First recorded in 1670–80; milliner + -y ³

Example Sentences

Curators have brought together nearly 200 outfits seen together for the first time, charting Chanel’s long career from the opening of her millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to her final collection in 1971.

From Seattle Times

On the main floor, check out tiny replica pioneer cabins and a building-wide two-story replica vintage Main Street with a bank, train station, millinery, general store, doctor, library, dentist and more.

From Seattle Times

Stephen Jones, famed for his millinery, contributed with reinterpretations of new wave beanies that bore “ronghua,” exquisite velvet flowers of Chinese origin dating back to the Tang dynasty.

From Seattle Times

A 2003 book of photographs, “Paris + Klein,” portrayed the city of fashion and fine dining as a freak show of boulevard cafes where ladies in millinery ate with plastic forks on paper plates.

From New York Times

Here is a selection of some of this year's head-turning millinery.

From BBC

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