单词 | lasting cloth |
释义 | > as lemmaslasting cloth A durable kind of cloth; spec. a strong worsted fabric formerly used for clothing and for the uppers of shoes (more fully lasting cloth). Cf. everlasting n. 3. 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 wool > [noun] > stout or durable > everlasting durance1583 everlasting1738 lasting1748 durant1766 1748 Gen. Advertiser 9 June Lastings, Shalloons, Fustians, Cottons, &c. 1782 T. Pennant Journey Chester to London 141 The making and sale of shags, camblets, lastings, tammies, &c. 1830 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 184 Lasting, or everlasting, is a stout closely-woven worsted stuff, dyed black and other colours, and much used for ladies' shoes. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iv. 113 3–4 Lastings, 3–4 Fancy Lastings. 1856 M. Reid Quadroon II. xx. 196 The chaussure consisted of gaiter-bootees of drab lasting-cloth. 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 219/1 Lasting Cloth, a material similar to prunella cloth, only thicker, which is used for the clothing of mill-men in powder houses. It has the property of not readily catching fire. 1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving 440 Lastings, a strong cloth used for ladies' boots and made of hard twisted yarn. 1895 Strand Mag. Mar. 311 The man is clothed in a suit of ‘lasting’—that curious leathery material affected by the London apprentices in the days of Queen Elizabeth. 1916 Corset & Underwear Rev. May 13 (advt.) Made of fancy striped lasting cloth with polka dot in white. 1993 D. L. Ransel tr. O. S. Tian-Shanskaia Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia iv. 56 On holidays, the men..wear cotton shirts, trousers of lasting cloth, [etc.]. 2000 D. A. Farnie & T. Abe in D. A. Farnie et al. Region & Strategy in Brit. & Japan iv. 138 After the war Japan crowned its victory by surpassing Britain in the supply of lastings from 1918, of Italians from 1924 and of sateens from 1925. < as lemmas |
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