gnatoon.
/nəˈtuː/, /ˈŋatuː/, U.S. /nəˈtu/, /ˈŋæˌtu/ (See quot. 1817.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > paper made from mulberry bark
Japan paper1625
Japanese paper1727
gnatoo1817
Japanese vellum1888
Nippon vellum1926
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > other
bark-clothc1440
sedge-rug1592
grass cloth1638
medrinaque1704
Russia matting1773
gnatoo1817
tapa1823
vegetable flannel1840
rabanna1863
kapa1909
1817 J. Martin Mariner's Acct. Tonga Islands II, Tonga Voc. Gnátoo, the substance used for clothing, prepared from the bark of the Chinese paper mulberry tree, and imprinted; before it is imprinted it is called tápa.
1823 Ld. Byron Island iv. vii. 65 A pine torch, strongly girded with gnatoo.
1823 Ld. Byron Island iv. viii. 67 The mat for rest; for dress the fresh gnatoo.
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