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Madras|məˈdrɑːs, -æ-|
1. The name of a city of India and the province of which it is the capital; used attrib. in the names of things produced there or originally connected therewith: Madras cotton, cotton fabric produced in Madras, esp. the brightly checked or striped cottons the colours of which run together in laundering. Also ellipt. as Madras. Madras lace, (net) muslin (see quots. 1882); Madras stucco = chunam; Madras work (see quot.).
1864Chamb. Encycl. VI. 251/1 Madras stucco, or chunam, is largely employed in the decoration of public buildings. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlewk., Madras Lace, A school for lace making has lately been founded in Madras. The lace made is the black and white silk Maltese guipure. Madras-net Muslin, This is a handsome, but coarse make of Muslin, produced in several varieties..They are all 72 inches wide. Madras Work, This is so called from its being executed upon the brightly coloured silk handkerchiefs that are known as Madras handkerchiefs. 1890L. Hearn Two Years in French West Indies 216 The making-up of the Madras into a turban is called ‘tying a head’. 1895Army & Navy Co-oper. Soc. Price List 1105/1 Frilled Madras Muslin. 1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 216/3 French Madras is a fine soft finished fabric with the colors woven through... Light colors, plaids or stripes. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 22 Oct. 7/2 (Advt.), 50-Inch Colored Madras at $1.50 a Yard..this Madras will make beautiful side curtains. 1942J. Hoye Staple Cotton Fabrics vii. 148 When made in fancy weaves and of fine yarns, they are known as Madras ginghams. 1962L. Deighton Ipcress File xxviii. 177 A bright Madras jacket. 1964Hollen & Saddler Textiles (ed. 2) 153/2 The imported Indian madras, today, is handwoven with white warp and colored filling ‘guaranteed to bleed’. 1968H. Waugh Con Game iii. 34 Three pairs of men's shoes and one wrinkled Madras jacket. 1972Vogue Feb. 86 Madras checked safari jacket, unlined seersucker.
2. In full Madras handkerchief: A bright-coloured handkerchief of silk and cotton worn by the West Indian Blacks as a head-dress, ‘formerly exported from Madras’ (Yule).
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xvi. (1842) 437 The black officers, in general, covered their woolly pates with Madras handkerchiefs. 1881Cable Mad. Delphine, etc. 97 Old Charlie..was sitting on his bench under a China-tree, his head, as was his fashion, bound in a Madras handkerchief. 1888― Bonaventure, Au Large i. 146 A black woman in..red-and-yellow Madras turban,..crouched against the wall.
3. = Madras-net muslin (see 1).
1902Westm. Gaz. 27 Aug. 8/1 The shirt, a fine madras, plaited négligé with square point narrow link cuffs.
Add:4. A hot curry dish traditionally associated with Madras, containing chicken, meat, or fish in a vegetable sauce. In early use freq. attrib. as Madras curry; now also used postpositively.
1870‘P.O.P’ Nabob's Cookery Bk. 10 (heading) A Madras currie. 1891Girl's Own Paper 11 Apr. 440/1 Madras curry. Take three large onions, slice and fry them in butter. Then fry your meat in the same pan, first taking out the onions. Stir into a pint of well-seasoned gravy—two large spoonfuls of curry powder, a little sour apple, and a little salt. 1914‘Saki’ Beasts & Super-beasts 117 Your great-aunt Adelaide..was a charming woman..but somehow she always reminded me of an English cook's idea of a Madras curry. 1959Good Food Guide 316 Curried chicken Madras with poppadoms and Bombay duck. 1973M. Bence-Jones Palaces of Raj i. 25 Most curries are labelled Madras, even though they may bear scant resemblance to the magnificent dish found..at the Madras Club. 1982Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 27/1 His macho-masochisms decree that he must order the hottest Vindaloo, Madras, or even Bangalore Phal. |