millinery

noun

mil·​li·​nery ˈmi-lə-ˌner-ē 

1

: women's apparel for the head

2

: the business or work of a milliner

Examples of millinery in a Sentence

a shop that sells millinery

Recent Examples on the Web

Included are 21 grocery stores, 11 general stores, four dry-goods stores, five notions and millinery stores, four drugstores, four second-hand stores, three butcher shops, three bookstores, three sawmills, two bathhouses, two blacksmiths, two hardware stores, two flour mills and two meat markets. —Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2025

Years before, the lensman did research in its Patricia D. Klingenstein Library for his millinery work. —Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 25 July 2025

This one recalls a variation of oversized hat styles from the past, highlighting the craft of millinery design and when hats were less about function and more about fashion. —Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 6 June 2025

The British royal family member wore a saucer hat courtesy of Philip Treacy, whose millinery work the royal wore before. —Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

millinery

noun

mil·​li·​nery ˈmil-ə-ˌner-ē 

1

: women's hats

2

: the business or work of a milliner