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‖ sherbaff Obs.
Also 7 serebaffe, seribaff, serebast, 8 sherbaffe, sherbassee.
[Prob. Persian, f. shīr lion (used to denote excellence of quality) + bāf stem of bāftan to weave. Cf. baft.]
A kind of silk of Persia. Also sherbaff silk.
1619in Foster Eng. Factories India 63 Serebaffes. 1624Ibid. 11 Seribaffs. 1629Ibid. 350 Serebasts. 1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4472/4 At the Marine Coffee-house..will be expos'd to Sale..9 Bales Sherbaffe Silk. 1721C. King Brit. Merch. I. 157 They cannot purchase less..than 22 great Pounds of Sherbassee (or Persia fine Raw Silk). 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. v. lxiii. 289 The first is called Sherbaff, or weavers silk, because the weavers..are supposed to use the best they can procure. Ibid. lxix. 314 In regard to the Sherbaff silk, which was bought..in Ghilan,..it was found to be two shillings in a pound better than the Persian Sherbaff imported from Turkey. |