a. rare. [f. L. sūtōrius, f. sūt-, pa. ppl. stem of suĕre SEW v.1: see -ORY2 and -AL.] Pertaining to sewing, or to the shoemaker’s art. So Sutorian, Sutorious adjs., pertaining or relating to sewing or shoemaking.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. xxiii. 470. In the Indian tailor-birds the object of their *sutorial art is stated above.
1819. Observer, 28 June, 1/2. The *Sutorian skill of a new button hole.
1896. Contemp. Rev., April, 460. The sutorian art criticism … silenced by his … advice, ne sutor ultra crepidam.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., *Sutorious, of or belonging to a Shoomaker, or Sewer.
