costuming

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of costume

noun

  1. Material for making costumes.
    In addition to men's suitings and ladies' costumings the firm also produces man-made fabrics for filtration and protective clothing. 1973, Charles Hadfield, Alice Mary Hadfield, The Cotswolds: A New Study, page 203
  2. The putting on of a costume; dressing up.
    […] but his sole real concern continues to be the posture in which his subject stands naked between his costumings. 1996, Walter Benjamin, Marcus Paul Bullock, Michael William Jennings, Selected Writings: 1935-1938, page 9

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