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couture definition

cou·ture (ko̵̅o̅ to̵or′, -tyo̵or′; Fr ko̵̅o̅ tür′)

noun

the work or business of designing new fashions in women's clothes; also, women's clothes in new or specially designed fashions

Etymology: Fr, sewing, seam < VL *consutura, seam < L consutus, pp. of consuere, to sew, stitch, join < con-, together (see com-) + suere, to sew

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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