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‖ boˈrato Obs. Also 6 boratta. [app. a. It. buratto ‘sort of thin transparent cloth’.] A thin fabric: cf. bolt v.1, also bolter vbl. n.1, bolting n.
1578Richmond. Wills (1853) 276, ix yeards of borato at ijs. vjd. a yeard. 1594Blundevil Exerc. v. iii. (ed. 7) 533 Taffaties, Borattas, Grograines. 1660Act 12 Chas. II, iv. Sched., Boratoes or Bombasines—narrow, the single piece not above 15 yards. 1720Stow's Surv. (1754) II. v. ix. 266/2 Borratose, wrought with silk containing under twenty yards. |