Haberdashery (noun)
hab-er-dash-uh-ree
The goods sold in a haberdasher’s shop for sewing, dressmaking and tailoring.
1425–75; late Middle English haberdashrye<Anglo-French.
Example sentences
“I could spend hours looking at the haberdashery before deciding which threads and buttons to buy.”
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