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calamanco|kæləˈmæŋkəʊ|
Forms: 6 calamance, 6–9 cali-, 7 calla-, 7–9 callimanco, (9 calamanca), 7– calamanco.
[Found also in Du. kalamink, kalmink, Ger. kalmank, kalmang, F. calmande, Genev. calamandre: of unknown origin.
The form has naturally suggested connexion with med.L. camelaucus, a kind of cap, and a cloth of camel's hair; but evidence of connexion is wanting. See Du Cange.]
1. A woollen stuff of Flanders, glossy on the surface, and woven with a satin twill and chequered in the warp, so that the checks are seen on one side only; much used in the 18th c.
1592[see 2]. 1598Florio, Tesserino..a kinde of fine stuffe like..calimanco. 1693Lond. Gaz. No. 2832/3 His Wastcoat of a Striped Calamanco. 1760Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) VII. xvii. 32 A tawny yellow jerkin, turned up with red calamanco! 1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs iv, The body..trimmed with calimanco.
b. attrib.
1605Lond. Prodigal i. i. 223 What breeches wore I o' Saturday? Let me see: o' Tuesday my calamanco..o' Thursday, my velure; o' Friday my calamanco again. 1639Ford Lady's Tr. ii. i, Diamond-button'd callamanco hose. 1710Steele Tatler No. 96 ⁋5 A Red Coat, flung open to show a gay Calamanco Wastcoat. 1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. (1852) 41 A pair of black calamanco breeches. 1840Wheeler Westmoreland Dial. Gloss, A calliminky petticoat.
c. ellipt. Garments of this material.
1859Thackeray Virgin. xxxii, The girls went off straightway to get their best calamancoes, paduasoys..capes, etc. a1888U.S. Newspr. The seat of his striped calimancoes.
2. fig. Applied to:
a. language;
b. a person.
1592Lyly Midas iv. iii, Doest thou not understand their [huntsmen's] language? Min. Not I! Pet. Tis the best calamance in the world, as easily deciphered as the characters in a nutmeg. 1607Dekker & Webster Sir T. Wyat 45 A Spaniard is a Camocho, a Calimanco.
3. Applied to wood and plaster buildings.
1792Misc. Ess. in Ann. Reg. 150/2 The mansion..was of plaister striped with timber, not unaptly called callimanco work. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall (1855) 267 Calimanco houses as they are called by antiquaries. |