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‖ sitringee Anglo-Ind.|sɪˈtrɪndʒiː|
Also 7 citterengee, cittringe, sittron-, sitterne-, siturngee, 8 sittringe(e), 9 satrin-, sattran-, satrun-, sitringe, sut(t)rin-, -gee, -jee; satrangi, -ji, shatranji.
[ad. Urdū shaṭranjī, f. Persian shaṭranj chess, with reference to the original chequered pattern.]
A carpet or floor-rug made of coloured cotton, now usually with a striped pattern.
1621in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1906) I. 354 [With the help of skins], cittringes, [etc., they saved most of them from harm]. 1688J. Peachey in W. Hedges Diary (1888) II. cclxv, 2 Citterengees, charged before. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 93 They..seat themselves in Choultries,..commonly spread with Carpets or Siturngees. 1785in Seton-Karr Sel. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 111 To be sold by Public Auction..The valuable effects of Warren Hastings, Esquire,..Carpets and Sittringees. 1785Calcutta Gaz. 3 Mar. 7/2 To be sold by public auction..The valuable effects of Warren Hastings, Esq... Carpets and Sittringes. 1825Heber Jrnl. 4 Jan., Sitringees were laid, by way of carpet, on the floor. 1825–9Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xxi. 240 The pavement was spread with a sitringe, or carpet of striped cotton, the manufacture of the country. Ibid. V. xxix. 80. 1851 Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. 917/2 Cotton carpets (Satrunjees) of different sizes—from Bengal. 1858P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products, Sattrangee, Satringee, a kind of fibrous striped mat or carpet made in India. 1859M. Thomson Story of Cawnpore xii. 189 They provided us with straw to lie upon, and gave us a sutringee each (a piece of carpet) to cover our bodies. 1876Encycl. Brit. V. 129/2 Cotton carpets or Suttringees are a cheap substitute for woollen fabrics in almost universal use throughout India. 1881Ibid. XII. 762/1 Carpets and rugs may be classified into those made of cotton and those made of wool. The former, called satranjis and daris, are made chiefly in Bengal and northern India. 1904G. Watt Indian Art at Delhi 1903 273 If to this list be added..the rug the darí or satranjí, the series of chief artistic textile articles of Native dress and household use may be regarded as complete. Ibid. 446 A larger market might be found in India for shatranjis than has as yet been attained. 1969E. Bharnani Decorative Designs & Craftsmanship of India iii. 33 In North India..cotton rugs (Daris and Satrangis) have been produced in several areas since a long time. |