Aranadj.
/ˈarən/, /ˈarn̩/, U.S. /ˈɛrən/ Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Aran Islands; spec. designating a type of patterned knitwear.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Ireland > [adjective] > Aran Isles
Aran1919
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > knitted > knitted in specific way
plain1655
stockinet1824
handknit1840
stocking cloth1880
lock knit1926
jersey1938
fisherman's knit1960
Aran1962
flat-knit1963
string1964
1919 W. B. Yeats Two Plays for Dancers 2 He seems an Aran fisher.
1919 W. B. Yeats Two Plays for Dancers 3 Until an Aran coracle puts in At Muckanish.
1962 Times 1 Jan. 13/1 A great deal of ‘Aran knitwear’ is now sold that never saw the three limestone islands.
1963 Guardian 30 Oct. 6/5 Aran patterns, fisherman's ribs, cables, and lace stitches.
Derivatives
ˈAraner n. a native or inhabitant of the Aran Islands.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland > Irish islands
Araner1902
1902 Irish Rosary Jan. 21/2 The Araners of to-day..are deeply religious.
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