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couture

Syllabification: (cou·ture)
Definition of couture

noun

  • the design and manufacture of fashionable clothes to a client’s specific requirements and measurements. See also haute couture.
  • fashionable made-to-measure clothes:they were dressed in size eight printed-silk couture

Origin:

1920s: French, 'sewing, dressmaking'

couture in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of couture in the British & World English dictionary