\Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail},
{Retail}, {Tally}, n.]
1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
   garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
   garments.

         Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
         wert a man's tailor.                  --Shak.

2. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}.
   (b) The silversides.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]

{Salt-water tailor} (Zo["o]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
   --Bartlett.

{Tailor bird} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
   small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
   {Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted
   for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
   nests. The common Indian species are {O. longicauda},
   which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
   yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the
   golden-headed tailor bird ({O. coronatus}), which has the
   top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale
   olive-green.

\Tai"lor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tailored}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tailoring}.]
To practice making men's clothes; to follow the business of a
tailor.

      These tailoring artists for our lays Invent cramped
      rules.                                   --M. Green.