| 单词 | imitation morocco |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimitation morocco 2. A kind of fine flexible leather made (originally in Morocco) from goatskin tanned with sumac, used esp. in bookbinding, shoemaking, and upholstery. Also (sometimes more fully imitation morocco): a leather made in imitation of this from sheepskin, lambskin, etc. Cf. earlier morocco leather n. at Compounds 2, and maroquin n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin cheverela1400 sheep's leather1474 maroquin1533 saffian1591 lamb's leather1607 kid-skin1645 basil1674 kid1682 kid-leather1693 morocco leather1695 basan1714 Morocco hide1716 lambskin1725 Morocco1735 skiver1800 chevrette1884 glove-calf1885 Vici1888 Dongola1889 nappa leather1895 castor1897 mocha1909 capeskin1934 glove-sheep- 1735 G. Vertue Note-bks. (1936) IV. 93 This book finely bound..in morrocco. 1744 A. Pope Last Will 8 All the Volumes of my Works and Translations of Homer, bound in red Morocco. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 ii. 88/1 When they [sc. skins of the sea-lions] are tanned, they have a grain almost like Morocco. 1817 T. F. Dibdin Bibliogr. Decameron II. 533 For your Fifteeners..let me entreat you invariably to use morocco. 1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 363 Imitation Morocco..is prepared from sheep-skins in the same manner as true Morocco. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 88/1 English, French, and Spanish moroccos all excel in their own way, either in grain or in colour. 1912 H. G. Wells Marriage i. §1. 5 A..meretricious dressing-bag of imitation morocco, which had been one of her chief financial errors at Oxbridge. 1921 L. Strachey Queen Victoria viii. 241 He was rewarded by a copy of the Prince's speeches, bound in white morocco, with an inscription in the royal hand. 1994 R. Hellinga Sixteen Pleasures xi. 185 The morocco I selected had a prominent grained surface, and I spent the morning polishing it.., smoothing out all the irregularities. < as lemmas |
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