单词 | dowlas |
释义 | dowlasn. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or linen > coarse dowlas1529 1493 Will of Walter Dolyng (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/9) f. 224 A fyne pece of douglas.] 1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 14 (title) Of what length and bredth euery whole peece and halfe peece of dowlas and lockeram, brought into this realm, shall be. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 4 §1 Britaine, where the said linnen Cloth called Doulas and Lockeram is made. 1543 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 15 ix elles of dolas..to make ij. new albus. 1552 in W. Money Parish Church Goods Berks. (1879) 22 A pece of Dulace. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 68 Doulas, filthie Doulas..they haue made boulters of them. View more context for this quotation a1634 J. Day Parl. Bees (Lansd. 725) f. 26 Dowlas for saffron-Baggs. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 109 Some other sorts of Linnen, as Holland or Dowlace. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 8 Dowlas from France..being prohibited and forbidden..therefore shall proceed with Dowlas from Hamborough. 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 50 A large cargo of Dantzick dowlass. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 79 Kincardine..In weaving dowlas, household linens, and a few woollens, 700 men are employed. b. A strong calico made in imitation of this. ΚΠ 1882 S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. Dowlas..The name is still perpetuated in a strong calico made in imitation of the linen fabric. 2. attributive. Made or consisting of dowlas. ΚΠ 1550 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. i. App. QQ A yard of dowlas linnin cloth 9d. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 3 Throw o'er your Dowlass Shirt a Morning Gown. 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 38 The Channel waterman wore the short dowlas petticoat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1529 |
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