Project Gutenberg 2025-06-14 Public domain in the USA. 814 Baker, William Henry 1869 08034827 A dictionary of men's wear $aCleveland :$bWilliam Henry Baker, $c1908. Richard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A dictionary of men's wear" by William Henry Baker is a trade reference dictionary written in the early 20th century. It compiles the terminology of men’s apparel and allied trades—covering fabrics, tailoring, shoemaking, hats, haberdashery, and uniforms—mixing precise definitions with shop slang and practical notes. Aimed at clothiers, tailors, manufacturers, and sellers, it promises an engaging, useful lexicon with appendices on correct dress and military attire. The opening of the dictionary presents a playful epigraph, a sweeping dedication to the clothing trades, and an explanatory preface outlining its origins in a smaller “Clothes Dictionary,” its aim to be comprehensive yet readable, and its choice of simplified spelling and non-pronouncing format to save space. The author stresses practicality over pedantry, notes incomplete coverage is inevitable, and lists extensive authorities (encyclopedias, trade journals, and U.S. uniform regulations), followed by personal acknowledgments. The alphabetical entries then begin, running from A into early C, defining garments, textiles, processes, and tools (from alpaca and aiguillette to back stitch and basket weave), along with retail slang, sports gear, and detailed military uniform notes—delivered in a brisk, sometimes witty tone. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmens00bake 20220313064643baker 1908 US Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Clothing and dress -- Dictionaries Tailoring -- Dictionaries Men's furnishing goods TT Text Category: Fashion Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 1111817 2025-09-30T07:09:18.605387 text/html 1086955 2025-06-14T22:15:10 text/html 621085 2025-09-30T07:09:37.744329 application/epub+zip 633585 2025-09-30T07:09:22.538363 application/epub+zip 504157 2025-09-30T07:09:20.328346 application/epub+zip 1247480 2025-09-30T07:09:47.650797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1153036 2025-09-30T07:09:35.848291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 861125 2025-09-30T07:09:12.267396 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 841212 2025-06-14T22:15:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16047 2025-09-30T07:09:47.830758 application/rdf+xml 18094 2025-09-30T07:09:20.729341 image/jpeg 2680 2025-09-30T07:09:20.530390 image/jpeg 936121 2025-09-30T07:09:18.679430 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog