A fine cotton cloth painted or dyed with patterns of flowers, imported from India and used esp. for cupboard cloths, quilts, and curtains. Cf. chintz…
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > coloured, patterned, or printed > specific (18) pintadoa1575 A fine cotton cloth painted or dyed with patterns of flowers, imported from India and used esp. for cupboard cloths, quilts, and curtains. Cf. chintz… Salempore1598 ‘A blue cotton cloth formerly made at Nellore in India, and largely exported to the West Indies, where it was the usual slave cloth’ (E. H. Knight Pra… chintz1614 originally. A name for the painted or stained calicoes imported from India; now, a name for cotton cloths fast-printed with designs of flowers, etc… nankeenc1700 A kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanking from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton… caffa1701 A kind of painted cotton cloth made in India, and occurring in commerce in the 18th cent. jamwar1721 nankinett1794 A kind of cloth; = nankeen, n. 1a. purdah1813 A kind of striped cotton cloth. rare. Obsolete. zephyr1819 A very fine, light, cotton gingham cloth, used esp. for women's dresses; a piece or variety of this. Now chiefly historical. nankeening1830 A type of cloth; = nankeen, n. 1a. calico1841 Hence. in U.S. to printed cotton cloth, coarser than muslin. permanent1854 A kind of light cotton cloth with a permanent dye. galatea1874 A strong cotton twill fabric, frequently with blue stripes on a white ground, or plain blue or white. Madras gingham1880 = sense 8. Turkey red1880 Cotton cloth of this colour. Madras1897 A cotton fabric with brightly coloured or white stripes, checks, etc., originally produced in Madras. shadow cretonne1932 shadow stripe1932 (see quots. 1940 1947). |
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