Sentence examples for millinery from inspiring English sources

In the middle is the millinery table, which is covered in calico.

Bobbinet lace, essentially a hexagonal net, is used as a base for appliqué work for durable non-run net hosiery, and, when heavily sized, for such materials as millinery and veilings.

It was rare at the turn of the century, a casualty of the millinery trade, which used bird feathers as decorations in women's hats.

The change from shooting to sighting coincided with campaigns, beginning about 1900, to halt the slaughter of wild birds for food and millinery.

In the 18th and 19th centuries its industries were quite comparable to those of other European capitals and court cities, producing such luxury items as silks, fine furniture, gilded work, watches, musical instruments, millinery, and women's clothing.

Corduroy is chiefly used for breeches, coats, hunting apparel, millinery, slacks, jackets, and trousers.

Since the 20th century, commercial ostrich farms have provided plumes for feather dusters, boas, and limited millinery uses.

Sisal ropes and twines are widely employed for marine, agricultural, shipping, and general industrial use, and the fibre is also made into matting, rugs, millinery, and brushes.

It is used as interlining or stiffening for tailored garments and millinery but is gradually being replaced for such purposes by materials of synthetic fibres.

It was in France where the trades and professions vital to fashion were established: dressmaking, tailoring, wig making, haberdashery, millinery.

In my case, it's hard to say whether it was the hat or causes non-millinery that ushered me into dreamland each of the nights I wore it: I always woke up to find the hat on the floor.