Definition of "tailors" []

• Plural form of tailor. (noun)

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• "Whilst Jekyll was examining a witness as to the number of tailors present at the alleged riot, Lord Eldon -- then Chief Justice of the Common Pleas -- reminded him that three persons can make that which the law regards as a riot; whereupon the witty advocate answered, "Yes, my lord, Hale and Hawkins lay down the law as your lordship states it, and I rely on their authority; for if there must be three men to make a riot, the rioters being _tailors_, there must be nine times three present, and unless the prosecutor make out that there were twenty-seven joining in this breach of the peace, my clients are entitled to an acquittal.""
• "This is the "wet pressing" used by tailors, which is adapted to the requirements of materials used by them, such as serge, tweeds, etc."
• "Their clothes are copied from the English, though they will claim in the same breath that their tailors are the best in the world."