单词 | grass bleaching |
释义 | > as lemmasgrass bleaching grass bleaching n. the action or process of spreading fabric, esp. linen, out on grass to bleach in the sunlight; cf. grassing n. 4. ΚΠ 1792 C. O'Brien Callico Printers' Assistant II. Of colour-making Even then it requires grass bleaching. 1842 R. H. Barham Aunt Fanny in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 143 ‘Grass-bleaching’ will bring it To rights ‘in a jiffy’. 1922 A. S. Moore Linen xi. 144 The grass bleaching is probably the secret of Ireland's white, soft linens. 2005 C. Mendelson Laundry iii. xx. 315 Some Irish linen is still whitened by bleaching in the sunlight, a process called ‘grass bleaching’. < as lemmas |
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