tailor-made

adj 2noun 2

Definitions

adj

1

Made by a tailor, especially if made to order; bespoke.

2

Perfectly appropriate to some specific occasion or purpose; made to one's specific requirements.

Any local businesses looking to use rail freight now have a tailor-made facility ready and waiting.

noun

1

A piece of clothing made by a tailor; (specifically), a dress made by a tailor rather than by a dressmaker, and hence plainer in style.

A breitschwantz stole edged with ermine is knotted over this black woollen tailor-made.

‘But you must remember, Bili, that now in Paris you can practically go to a ball in a tailormade.’

2

Synonym of civvy (“manufactured cigarette”).

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