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单词 handywarp
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handywarpn.

Brit. /ˈhandɪwɔːp/, U.S. /ˈhændiˌwɔrp/
Forms: see handy adj. and warp n.1
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: handwarp n.
Etymology: Probably an alteration of handwarp n. by analogy with e.g. handicraft n. vs. handcraft n., handiwork n. vs. handwork n.
Textiles. historical after 17th cent. Now rare.
A broad, heavy baize cloth, typically white, having its warp thread spun on a distaff as opposed to a spinning wheel.Associated esp. with the area surrounding Braintree in Essex.
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1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 6 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1819) IV. 136 All and everie colored Clothe or Clothes..of lyke sortes commonlye called Handywarpes.
1606–7 Act 4 Jas. I c. 2 §1 Every White Cloth..of like makinge commonlye called Handywarpes.
1665 W. Sheppard Office Clerk of Market iii. 48 Handywarps are to weigh two pounds and a half.
1842 J. R. Planché Strutt's Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. v. 94 Coloured cloth, called handy warps, made in Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk.
1890 H. de B. Gibbins Industr. Hist. Eng. vi. 135 Wiltshire and Somerset made plunkets and handy warps; Yorkshire, short cloths.
1906 Connecticut Mag. 10 364 The general name for the woolens of this district [sc. Braintree] was Handywarp, and the Edwards, II and III, took great interest in..the business.
1956 M. G. Davies Enforcem. Eng. Apprenticeship v. 128 The Coggeshall ‘whites’ were called ‘handywarps’, which suggests that their warp was of thread spun by hand on the rock and distaff instead of the tighter thread of the wheel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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