Cloth for making suits — usually woven wool, sold by the metre or by the roll. This is a trade word. Tailors, cloth shops and fabric factories use it; ordinary speakers almost never do.

Cloth for making suits做西裝用的布料 usually woven wool通常是織的毛料 sold by the metre or by the roll以公尺或整捲來賣 This is a trade word這是業界用語 Tailors, cloth shops and fabric factories use it裁縫師、布行和布料工廠會用這個字 ordinary speakers almost never do一般人幾乎不會用

You will see it on a shop sign or in a catalogue ('fine Italian suitings'), and notice something odd there: although it names a material, which is normally uncountable, the trade happily says 'suitings' in the plural, meaning different kinds or patterns of the cloth. That plural is normal inside the trade and would sound strange outside it.

You will see it on a shop sign or in a catalogue你會在店招牌或型錄上看到它 ('fine Italian suitings')(像「fine Italian suitings」這樣的說法) and notice something odd there你會注意到一個怪現象 although it names a material, which is normally uncountable雖然它指的是一種材質，本來應該是不可數的 the trade happily says 'suitings' in the plural業界卻很自然地用複數說「suitings」 meaning different kinds or patterns of the cloth意思是不同種類或花色的布料 That plural is normal inside the trade and would sound strange outside it這種複數用法在業界很正常，但業界外聽起來就很怪

The word belongs to a small family of fabric words built the same way — shirting for shirt cloth, sheeting for sheet cloth.

The word belongs to a small family of fabric words built the same way這個字屬於一小群用同樣方式構成的布料用字 shirting for shirt cloth像shirting(襯衫布)指做襯衫的布 sheeting for sheet cloth sheeting(床單布)指做床單的布

Do not confuse this noun with the ordinary -ing form of the verb suit, which is far more common: 'a time suiting everyone' is the verb, nothing to do with cloth. Context tells them apart easily: if it is being bought, cut, or described as wool, it is the cloth.

Do not confuse this noun with the ordinary -ing form of the verb suit不要把這個名詞跟動詞suit普通的-ing形式搞混 which is far more common後者常見得多 'a time suiting everyone' is the verb像「a time suiting everyone(適合大家的時間)」裡的就是動詞 nothing to do with cloth跟布料一點關係都沒有 Context tells them apart easily上下文很容易就能分辨 if it is being bought, cut, or described as wool如果是在買、在裁剪，或被說成是毛料 it is the cloth那就是指布料