Plural of bushelman; multiple male tailors or clothes repairers.
Plural form of 'bushelman' using the irregular plural 'men' rather than '-s'.
In early modern cities, whole streets were filled with bushelmen's shops where you could repair anything from a torn coat to a ripped sail.
The plural 'bushelmen' perpetuates the gendered occupational term for tailoring specialists who do alterations and repairs. The male-specific form erased women's documented participation in high-skilled garment finishing trades across centuries.
Use 'alteration specialists' or 'garment finishers' as the universal plural. These terms accurately include all practitioners regardless of gender.
["alteration specialists","garment finishers","tailors"]
Women have led and dominated many alteration and garment-repair trades historically, particularly in immigrant communities and family businesses. Gender-neutral terminology honors their equal expertise.
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