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Ghiordes|giːˈɔːdəz|
The name of a town (Gördes) in western Turkey, used attrib. or as adj. to designate a fine type of Turkish rug, or a kind of knot used in weaving some oriental carpets (see quots.).
1900J. K. Mumford Oriental Rugs x. 147 In some Ghiordes rugs the main border is made up of a pattern which..suggests a comb. Ibid. 159 The Ghiordes knot is used [in new Meles rugs]; the warp is of two- or three-strand wool. 1957Encycl. Brit. IV. 918/1 There are two different kinds of knot employed, the Ghiordes or Turkish, and the Senne or Persian; the tufts of yarn in the former coming in pairs between the two warp threads. 1967R. Jeffries Deadly Marriage ii. 28 Cabbot.., correctly identified it as a Ghiordes prayer mat. |