? a fine quality of calico, lawn of calico or cotton.
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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] > calico > types of (8) calico-lawn?1592 ? a fine quality of calico, lawn of calico or cotton. shamiana1609 ‘An awning or flat tent-roof without sides’ (Yule); a flat awning or canopy. †Also (quot. 1609), a material used for such awnings, a striped calico. dungaree1613 A coarse, hard-wearing cotton fabric, often blue in colour, and typically used to make work clothes (see sense A. 2); (later also) a heavy cotton… percaulah1614 A fine cotton cloth imported from India in the 17th and 18th centuries. Cf. percale, n. muslin calico1705 (perhaps) = sense A. 1a. Wigan1875 A stout make of calico, originally manufactured at Wigan. limbo1891 A South African name for a kind of coarse calico. finishing cloth1892 calico prepared for ‘finishing’. |
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