sutorial

English

From Latin sūtōrius (“of a shoemaker”).

sutorial (not comparable)

Pertaining to shoemakers or shoemaking.
- 1826, Charles Molloy Westmacott, The Punster's Pocket-book‎^[1]:
  From the son of Crispin who, having nothing but one of his sutorial weapons at hand wherewith to dispatch the cotelette de boef, remarked that his all was at stake […]
- 1863, “Breakfast in Bed; or, Philosophy Between the Sheets. No. VIII. On a remarkable dog”, in Temple Bar, volume 8, London: Ward and Lock, page 209:
  A pair of boots of mine had been sent to this worthy Crispin to be mended, and he kept them twenty-seven days. It wasn’t Easter-time; there was no fair or wake, fatal to sutorial industry, about.
- 2021 June 13, Ruth La Ferla, “High heels are ready to stomp out crocs”, in Philadelphia Tribune, page 3B:
  High-heeled shoes were at the point of flatlining, industry pundits fretted, teetering on the edge of extinction. Fast-forward a few months to find those consumers making a sharp sutorial pivot: trading comfort and function for the joy of dressing up.
Pertaining to sewing.
- 1878, “Bird architecture § Tailor bird”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 16, number 3:
  The first mention of its peculiar sutorial powers was made by Pennant, in his "Indian Zoology," where it was accompanied by an illustration.

James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Sutorial”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.