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‖ terra-cotta|ˌtɛrəˈkɒtə|
[It., lit. baked (cooked) earth:—L. terra cocta. So F. terre cuite.]
1. A hard unglazed pottery of a fine quality, of which decorative tiles and bricks, architectural decorations, statuary, vases, and the like are made.
1722J. Richardson Statutes, etc. Italy 177 A Model in Terra Cotta as fine as ever was done. 1752Hollis in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 390 Many things in glass, many in terra cotta. 1842–76Gwilt Archit. §624 The west front of the church of Sta. Maria in Strada, a most elaborate work in brick and terra-cotta. 1867W. W. Smyth Coal & Coal-mining 190 The Romans have left us numerous examples in bronze and terra cotta.
b. With a and pl.: An object of art, as a statuette or figurine, made of this substance.
1810T. Combe (title) A Description of the Collection of Ancient Terracottas in the British Museum. 1842Smith's Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq. s.v. Fictile, They reckoned some of their consecrated terra-cottas..among the safe⁓guards of their imperial city. 1865Athenæum 28 Jan. 127/3 The terra-cottas include some very remarkable coloured statuettes or figurine of Greek production.
2. The colour of this pottery, a brownish red of various shades.
1882Daily News 3 June 3/1 That colour which the uninitiated would call golden brown, but which milliners call terra-cotta. 1890Pall Mall G. 25 June 2/1 The splendid terra-cottas of the rocks and the bright greens of the trees. 1900Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 3/2 An underdress of pale blue brocade over which is arranged a tunic of terra-cotta.
3. attrib. and Comb.
a. Of or pertaining to terra-cotta, as terra-cotta works.
b. Made of terra-cotta, as terra-cotta bust, terra-cotta figure, terra-cotta vase;
c. Of the colour of terra-cotta, as terra-cotta feather, terra-cotta paper, terra-cotta velvet; also terra-cotta tinted adj.
1859R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (ed. 2) 96 Figures..manufactured at the Mill Wall terra cotta works. 1868Pall Mall G. 2 Dec. 8 Seventy-four terra cotta busts of the Roman Emperors and their families. 1877W. S. W. Vaux Grk. Cities Asia Minor iv. 162 In 1853, Mr. Newton obtained many terra-cotta vases of a very archaic type. 1888Lady 25 Oct. 378/1 Trimmings of terra-cotta faced cloth. 1891Truth 10 Dec. 1242 All the doorways were draped with terra-cotta silk. 1899Westm. Gaz. 19 July 3/1 Roofs..terra-cotta tinted. |