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shirting|ˈʃɜːtɪŋ|
[f. shirt n. + -ing1.]
Material for shirts; spec. a kind of piece-goods of stout cotton cloth suitable for shirts but also used for other garments.
1604Dekker Honest Whore iv. iii. (1635) H, Cand. Looke you, here's choice Cambrickes. Cram. No sir, some shirting. 1733P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 128 The Use of Indian Cotton-cloth has been often attempted for Shirting, but to no Purpose. 1792Descr. Kentucky 49 White and checked shirtings. a1879Geo. Eliot Leaves fr. Notebk. Ess. (1884) 357 His morbid passion for Manchester shirtings. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 447/2 Shirtings, these are otherwise called Fancy Cotton Shirtings...Dresses are sometimes made of the same..cloth, which has been sized and glazed...Women's cuffs and collars are made largely in these Shirting-cloths. 1910Encycl. Brit. VII. 277/1 Shirting..has long since ceased to refer exclusively to shirt cloths... Grey and white shirtings are exported to all the principal Eastern markets.
attrib.1882Shirting cloth [see above]. 1910Encycl. Brit. VII. 277/1 The export shirting trade.
b. The material of which a shirt is made. rare.
1872Geo. Eliot Middlem. xlvi, A troop of..hatless boys with their galligaskins much worn and scant shirting to hang out. |