grass clothn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɑːs klɒθ/,

/ˈɡras klɒθ/, U.S.

/ˈɡræs ˌklɔθ/,

/ˈɡræs ˌklɑθ/

Forms: see grass n.¹ and cloth n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, cloth n.

Etymology: < grass n.¹ + cloth n.

A. n.

Any of various types of woven material made from plant or vegetable fibre; esp. (a) a fine, light, linen-like cloth originally made in China and plain woven from ramie or another similar plant fibre; (b) a thick fabric made in West Africa and the Canary Islands from some types of vegetable fibre; (c) a material made from jute, hemp, raffia, or other similar plant or vegetable fibres which is used as a textured wallcovering.

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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] > made from grass-cloth plant

herba1599

grass cloth1638

grass linen1825

toile de Chine1843

bark-clothc1440

sedge-rug1592

grass cloth1638

medrinaque1704

Russia matting1773

gnatoo1817

tapa1823

vegetable flannel1840

rabanna1863

kapa1909

1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce cxxv. sig. Cc3 S. Mallos and Morlais comprehending these three knowne sorts of Dowlas, Tregar, and grasse-cloth, also Noialls for saile-cloth.

1788 Calcutta Chron. 7 Feb. For sale..Grass-cloth, Nankeens, Velvets.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 306 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV A water net..is made of grass-cloth or some coarse material.

1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. v. 125 The articles of dress [in the Canaries] were grass-cloth, thick as matting [etc.].

1907 Indoors & Out Sept. 270/2 Halls hung with landscape papers are most effective when the panels are shortened from the lower ends.., and the use of grass cloth or splint cloth on the larger plain surfaces gives a solid and durable piece of work.

1970 P. Buck China as I see It ix. 142 How often have I not stopped to listen to and to see such scenes; peddlers from the north bringing grass cloth south to sell, or vendors, or traveling marionette men, jugglers, and mimics.

2004 C. T. Randall & M. I. Bysouth Dream Walls Gloss. 283/1 It [sc. a seam roller] should not be used with grasscloth, embossed papers, flocked papers and other wallpapers with similar substances.

B. adj. (attributive).

Made of grass cloth.

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sedgeda1616

wickered1725

grass linen1821

grass cloth1823

pandanus1898

randed1907

1823 National Advocate (N.Y.) 11 June (advt.) Grass Cloth Hdkfs [= handkerchiefs].

1868 J. G. Wood Nat. Hist. Man I. xlvi. 545 When she had laid aside the grass-cloth petticoat, some object attracted her attention, and she began to inspect it.

1907 Times 28 Oct. 4/1 The Koreans, with their white grass-cloth robes.

2018 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Jan. t12 Think pale blues and grays, and maybe a grass cloth wallpaper.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and objective, as grass cloth industry, grass cloth manufacture, grass cloth weaver, etc.

ΚΠ

1882 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 15 Sept. 990/2 In the Kwangtung, Kwangsi, and Kiangsi provinces are found the principal seats of the grass cloth manufacture.

1921 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Apr. 31/3 A dining room with silver walls showing the grasscloth texture.

1927 Chinese Econ. Bull. 10 100 Among the domestic industries still pursued in the farmers' cottages are lace-making, grass cloth weaving, string and thread making and card making.

1956 Japan Architect Dec. 8 The grass-cloth industry..has been spot-lighted so to speak, because orders from abroad are rushing in since the end of World War II.

1961 W. F. P. Burton Luba Relig. & Magic in Custom & Belief 76 They arranged a strangely carved human figure on the rocks, with strings attached to it in such a way as to be hidden from the grass-cloth sellers by fissures in the rock.

1988 Late Imperial China 9 61 In the 1850s a Shanxi merchant began to capitalize Longchang grass-cloth weavers to produce for export.

2016 Shenzhen Daily (Nexis) 13 May Zhang Xiaohong pioneered grass-cloth embroidery in Jiangxi Province.

C2.

grass cloth plant n. the Asian plant ramie, Boehmeria nivea, the fibres of which are used in weaving.

ΚΠ

1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales II. iv. 76 The grass-cloth plant is produced in great abundance, both in a wild and cultivated state, in the provinces of Fo, kien, and Che, kien.

1963 B. P. Lévy in B. E. Ward Women in New Asia ii. 250 He also used to make musical instruments, particularly a type of violin known as so... The strings were made from the fibres of the grass-cloth plant.

2006 B. Jackson tr. M. Bloembergen Colonial Spectacles 377 Ramie was a grass-cloth plant, the fibre of which was used in weaving.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grass cloth
释义	grass clothn.adj. Brit. /ˈɡrɑːs klɒθ/, /ˈɡras klɒθ/, U.S. /ˈɡræs ˌklɔθ/, /ˈɡræs ˌklɑθ/ Forms: see grass n.¹ and cloth n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, cloth n. Etymology: < grass n.¹ + cloth n. A. n. Any of various types of woven material made from plant or vegetable fibre; esp. (a) a fine, light, linen-like cloth originally made in China and plain woven from ramie or another similar plant fibre; (b) a thick fabric made in West Africa and the Canary Islands from some types of vegetable fibre; (c) a material made from jute, hemp, raffia, or other similar plant or vegetable fibres which is used as a textured wallcovering. 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 other vegetable fibres > [noun] > made from grass-cloth plant herba1599 grass cloth1638 grass linen1825 toile de Chine1843 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 1638 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce cxxv. sig. Cc3 S. Mallos and Morlais comprehending these three knowne sorts of Dowlas, Tregar, and grasse-cloth, also Noialls for saile-cloth. 1788 Calcutta Chron. 7 Feb. For sale..Grass-cloth, Nankeens, Velvets. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 306 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV A water net..is made of grass-cloth or some coarse material. 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. v. 125 The articles of dress [in the Canaries] were grass-cloth, thick as matting [etc.]. 1907 Indoors & Out Sept. 270/2 Halls hung with landscape papers are most effective when the panels are shortened from the lower ends.., and the use of grass cloth or splint cloth on the larger plain surfaces gives a solid and durable piece of work. 1970 P. Buck China as I see It ix. 142 How often have I not stopped to listen to and to see such scenes; peddlers from the north bringing grass cloth south to sell, or vendors, or traveling marionette men, jugglers, and mimics. 2004 C. T. Randall & M. I. Bysouth Dream Walls Gloss. 283/1 It [sc. a seam roller] should not be used with grasscloth, embossed papers, flocked papers and other wallpapers with similar substances. B. adj. (attributive). Made of grass cloth. 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 other vegetable fibres > [adjective] sedgeda1616 wickered1725 grass linen1821 grass cloth1823 pandanus1898 randed1907 1823 National Advocate (N.Y.) 11 June (advt.) Grass Cloth Hdkfs [= handkerchiefs]. 1868 J. G. Wood Nat. Hist. Man I. xlvi. 545 When she had laid aside the grass-cloth petticoat, some object attracted her attention, and she began to inspect it. 1907 Times 28 Oct. 4/1 The Koreans, with their white grass-cloth robes. 2018 Washington Post (Nexis) 18 Jan. t12 Think pale blues and grays, and maybe a grass cloth wallpaper. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as grass cloth industry, grass cloth manufacture, grass cloth weaver, etc. ΚΠ 1882 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 15 Sept. 990/2 In the Kwangtung, Kwangsi, and Kiangsi provinces are found the principal seats of the grass cloth manufacture. 1921 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Apr. 31/3 A dining room with silver walls showing the grasscloth texture. 1927 Chinese Econ. Bull. 10 100 Among the domestic industries still pursued in the farmers' cottages are lace-making, grass cloth weaving, string and thread making and card making. 1956 Japan Architect Dec. 8 The grass-cloth industry..has been spot-lighted so to speak, because orders from abroad are rushing in since the end of World War II. 1961 W. F. P. Burton Luba Relig. & Magic in Custom & Belief 76 They arranged a strangely carved human figure on the rocks, with strings attached to it in such a way as to be hidden from the grass-cloth sellers by fissures in the rock. 1988 Late Imperial China 9 61 In the 1850s a Shanxi merchant began to capitalize Longchang grass-cloth weavers to produce for export. 2016 Shenzhen Daily (Nexis) 13 May Zhang Xiaohong pioneered grass-cloth embroidery in Jiangxi Province. C2. grass cloth plant n. the Asian plant ramie, Boehmeria nivea, the fibres of which are used in weaving. ΚΠ 1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales II. iv. 76 The grass-cloth plant is produced in great abundance, both in a wild and cultivated state, in the provinces of Fo, kien, and Che, kien. 1963 B. P. Lévy in B. E. Ward Women in New Asia ii. 250 He also used to make musical instruments, particularly a type of violin known as so... The strings were made from the fibres of the grass-cloth plant. 2006 B. Jackson tr. M. Bloembergen Colonial Spectacles 377 Ramie was a grass-cloth plant, the fibre of which was used in weaving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1638
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