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penistone|ˈpɛnɪstən|
Forms: 6 pen(n)e-, pennie-, 6–8 penny-, 6–9 pennistone, 7 penyston, 7–8 pen(n)iston, 7– penistone.
[Name of a small town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where the cloth so named was made.]
†1. A kind of coarse woollen cloth formerly used for garments, linings, etc. Obs.
1551–2Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI, c. 6 §1 Clothes commonlye called Pennystones or Forest Whites..shall conteyne in lengthe beinge wett betwixt twelve and thirtene yardes. 1576Baker Jewell of Health 21 A Bagge..of whyte woollen cloth (whether the same be Pennystone or Karsie). a1600T. Smith Let. in Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. xix. 401/2 Coarse Cloths made in the North Parts, as Northern Cottons..Checks, and Penistones. 1616in Rep. Comm. Inq. Charities (1834) XXIX. 731, 40s. to be laid out in red peniston for four petticoats. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Sturbridge, Abundance of cloths,..kerseys, cottons, penistons, and fustians, are brought to it from Yorkshire and Lancashire.
attrib.1656New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Reg. (1850) IV. 125 It is my will yt my cousine Elizabeth fich have my searge gowne, and my Read penniston petticote. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge (1859) 387 Poor drenched stormstaid devils in their blue pennistone great coats shivering on the opposite bank.
2. Penistone flags, sandstone flags from the Coal Measures around Penistone, used for paving-stones.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 111/1 Rough Stone, or Penny Stone..are rough cut out of the Quarry. 1878A. H. Green, etc. Geol. Yorksh. Coal-field ii. §3. 77 The Penistone Flags are a group of very variable sandstones, with a few thin and poor coals. They are best developed around Penistone, and may be traced thence southwards to Sheffield. |