dorian.
/ˈdɔːrɪə/ A kind of striped Indian muslin.
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1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 14 A sort of strip'd Muslings..called Doreas, it being a Musling that is a yard half quarter broad, and the broadest sorts of stripes of any Musling, and usually the coursest and cheapest of any sort.
1706 London Gaz. No. 4284/3. 9 Chests or Bales of fine Doreas, etc.
1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 223 From a Long Cloth or Bast to a Mulmul or Dorea.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Dooriahs, a cotton fabric made in India.
1886 Colonial & Indian Exhib.: Official Catal. 16 Striped muslins, or dorias, are made at Dacca, Gwalior, Nagpur.
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