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buntal|ˈbʌntəl|
[Philippine name. See also balibuntal.]
A straw prepared from the fibres of the petioles, or leaf-stems, of the talipot or buri palm (Corypha umbraculifera), used for the manufacture of hats in the Philippine Islands. Also attrib.
1910H. H. Miller Philippine Hats 38 Very lately, buntal straw has been imported into Baliwag and there woven into very beautiful hats in the Baliwag weave. 1911C. B. Robinson in Philippine Jrnl. Science June 114 Until the beginning of 1909, all buntal hats were made in one weave, that of Lucban, Tayabas. 1926Commerce & Industry Jrnl. (Manila, P.I.) Nov. 11 The hat manufacturers of China..are making hats out of buntal fibers from the Philippines. |