Definition of "millinery"

millinery

/ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural millineries
1. Women's hats.
2. (countable) A shop selling women's hats.
3. (uncountable) The business and work that a milliner engages in.
  Quotations
  They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?"
  1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, page 471