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单词 madapollam
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madapollamn.

Brit. /madəˈpɒləm/, U.S. /mædəˈpɑləm/
Forms: 1800s madalaporam, 1800s maddapollan, 1800s madopolam, 1800s– madapolam, 1800s– madapollam. Also with capital initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Madapollam.
Etymology: < Madapollam (Telugu Mādhavayya-pāḷemu encampment, fortified village of Mādhava), the name of a suburb of Narsapur in Andhra Pradesh, India, and formerly the location of one of the commercial agencies of the East India Company. Compare French madapolame (1823).
More fully Madapollam cloth, Madapollam muslin, etc. A kind of plain-weave calico or cotton cloth, originally manufactured at Madapollam (see above). Cf. long cloth n.
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jaconet1769
medium1777
bump1794
American sheeting1840
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1610 S. Bradshaw Let. Sept. in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1896) I. 74 Madafunum is chequered, somewhat fine and well requested.]
1685 in A. T. Pringle Diary Fort St. George 9 Mar. (1895) IV. 49 Mr. Benja Northey having brought up Musters of the Madapollm Cloth, Itt is thought convenient that the same be taken of him.
1826 Brit. Consular Rep. Lat. Amer. (1940) 189 The British articles best suited to the markets are prints, muslins, madalaporams [sic], and shirtings.
1827 J. B. Pentland Rep. Bolivia iv, in Camden Misc. (1974) XXV. 214 British and Indian cotton goods, especially of that kind of glazed calico called Madopolams.
1829 in M. Russell View Anc. & Mod. Egypt (1831) viii. 366 He intends..to send long-cloths, maddapollans, &c.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Madapollam, a kind of fine long cloth, shipped to the Eastern markets.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 339/1 Madapolams. A coarse description of calico cloth, of a stiff heavy make, originally of Indian manufacture, where it was employed for Quilts.
1885 Manch. Examiner 31 Dec. 4/4 Buff-end madapollams.
1923 J. Conrad Rover iii. 46 A remnant piece of Madapolam muslin.
1969 New Scientist 25 Sept. 647/3 They used standard 15x12 inch flags, made of a special cotton cloth called ‘Madapollam’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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