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† ˈharrateen Obs.
Also harateen.
A kind of linen fabric formerly used for curtains, bed-furniture, and the like. Also attrib.
1711Dk. Newcastle Let. to Dk. Montagu 26 Sept. (Sotheby's Catal. 15 May 1897) Six field Bedsteads wth Crimson harateen furnitures. 1748–9General Advertiser No. 4440 Ready-Made Furnitures..either of Harrateen, Cheney, Flower'd Cotton, Checks. 1756H. Walpole Corr. (1820) II. 4 (D.) A wretched hovel..half its nakedness barely shaded with harateen stretched till it cracks. 1762Smollett Sir L. Greaves xvi. (D.), Thick harateen curtains were close drawn round the bed. 1825E. Hewlett Cottage Comforts v. §67. 36 If you have curtains..the best..are linen check harrateen.
Comb.1770Sketchley & Adams' B'ham Direct., Haywood, John, 15 Cherry Street, Harrateen maker. |