herban.

Forms: Also 1500s yerua.

Etymology: < Italian herba, Portuguese herva grass. Called panni d'herba by the Venetian merchant Cesare Federici in 1563.

Obsolete.

A sort of grass-cloth imported formerly from India.

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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

1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 257 In this place [sc. Orixa] is..great store of cloth which is made of grasse, which they call Yerua, it is like a silke.

1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn 98 Muslins, Persian Silks, Herba Taffaties, Herba Longees, Japan Ware.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3737/4 Stuffs mixed with Silk or Herba.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. 397 Of Herba (a Sort of tough Grass) they make Ginghams, Pinascos, and several other goods for exportation.

1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 221 Piece-goods form the staple commodity of Bengal..The following are the kinds imported..with the number of pieces allotted to a ton..Herba Taffaties 800.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	herba
释义	herban. Forms: Also 1500s yerua. Etymology: < Italian herba, Portuguese herva grass. Called panni d'herba by the Venetian merchant Cesare Federici in 1563. Obsolete. A sort of grass-cloth imported formerly from India. 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 1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 257 In this place [sc. Orixa] is..great store of cloth which is made of grasse, which they call Yerua, it is like a silke. 1697 J. Pollexfen Disc. Trade & Coyn 98 Muslins, Persian Silks, Herba Taffaties, Herba Longees, Japan Ware. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3737/4 Stuffs mixed with Silk or Herba. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. 397 Of Herba (a Sort of tough Grass) they make Ginghams, Pinascos, and several other goods for exportation. 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. 221 Piece-goods form the staple commodity of Bengal..The following are the kinds imported..with the number of pieces allotted to a ton..Herba Taffaties 800. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1599
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