1. Plural of millinery; women's hats and hat-making or hat-selling as a business or craft.
Usage: Typically used in commercial or historical contexts
2. Shops or establishments where women's hats are made or sold.

Examples

• The downtown district was once filled with elegant millineries where ladies purchased their finest hats.
• She worked in one of the city's most prestigious millineries during the 1920s.
• The millineries on Fifth Avenue displayed the latest fashions from Paris.
• Several historic millineries have been preserved as museums.
• The decline of millineries reflected changing fashion trends in the mid-twentieth century.