Originally a textile material, woven from a mixture of wool and flax; now, a dress material of coarse inferior wool, woven upon a cotton warp. Also p…
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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 > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > wool and linen or cotton (5) linsey-woolsey1483 Originally a textile material, woven from a mixture of wool and flax; now, a dress material of coarse inferior wool, woven upon a cotton warp. Also p… demi-ostade1537 A stuff: apparently half-worsted half-linen, linsey-woolsey. wincey1808 A very durable cloth having a linen warp and a woollen weft. (occasionally A garment made of this.) Also attributive. tiretaine1863 A cloth woven of wool mixed with linen or cotton, ‘worne ordinarily by the French peasants’ (Cotgrave); linsey-woolsey. linsey?1881 In early use, perhaps some coarse linen fabric. In later use, = linsey-woolsey, n. Also attributive. |
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