单词 | donegal |
释义 | Donegaln. Used attributively or elliptically to designate something produced in or peculiar to the county of Donegal, esp. a type of tweed or a kind of coarse, knotted carpet. ΚΠ 1903–4 T. Eaton Catal. Fall–Winter 17 Women's Trainless Suit, made of Oxford grey Donegal tweed. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 10/2 There are some charming new tweeds this season. The Donegals are good. 1909 J. Joyce Let. 27 Oct. (1966) II. 257 I send you seven or eight yards of Donegal tweed to have a new dress made from. 1909 J. Joyce Let. 17 Nov. (1966) II. 264 Irish tweeds, Donegals and suitings. 1946 J. B. Priestley Bright Day vi. 188 A floppy Donegal tweed hat. 1963 House & Garden Feb. 79/3 Donegal carpets. Hand-knotted carpets were first made in County Donegal in 1898. 1963 House & Garden Feb. 79/4 Those Axminster and Savonnerie carpets of the eighteenth century, whose colour and design the modern Donegal often emulates. 1968 Guardian 2 May 7/3 Very soft Isle of Bute tweeds and Donegals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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