noun
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1.
a. : the business or occupation of a tailor
b. : the work or workmanship of a tailor
the kind of tailoring which goes by the name of ready-made — Irving Kolodin
2. : the making or adapting of something to suit a particular purpose
the tailoring of history books to fit the party line of the moment had for some time been an established practice — Sergius Yakobson
3. : a rounding off of the corners of grooved rolls of iron and steel to prevent fins from forming on the bars in rolling