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saffian|ˈsæfɪən|
Forms: 6 saphian, -ion, 8– saffian.
[a. Russ. saf′yan, corruptly a. Rumanian saftian, a. Turkish (Persian) saχtiyān. Cf. Ger. saffian.]
A leather made from goatskins or sheepskins tanned with sumach and dyed in bright colours. Also saffian leather.
1591G. Fletcher Russe Commw. xix. 74 Whither the Russe marchants trade for raw silks, syndon, saphion, skins, and other commodities. Ibid. xxviii. 114 His buskins..are made of a Persian leather called Saphian. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 460 The skins of these sheep, and skins of goats, are used in making Saffian and Morocco leather. 1834–6P. Barlow in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 551/2 A valuable Saffian or dyed Maroquin leather, almost equal to that of Turkey, is prepared at Astracan and in other parts of Asiatic Russia. 1882J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 388/1 The Germans distinguish between saffian and morocco, including under the former term leather tanned with sumach, and dyed bright colours without previous stuffing with fats... Saffians are, according to this classification, the leathers principally used for bindings and fancy purposes. |