单词 | maldy |
释义 | † maldyn. Scottish. Obsolete. A kind of woollen cloth (see quot. 1887); the yarn from which it is made. 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] > other mantlec1300 osset1346 packing whites1483 stammet1531 frison1562 maldy1588 sorting-cloth1593 celter1597 washer1613 grazet1696 frisoneer1700 caneva1885 1588–9 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I. 128 In the first, ane cloik of maldy, price thrie pundis:..ane pair of maldy schankis [etc.]. 1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. 161/1 Maldy, maudy, a coarse woollen cloth of a grey or mixed colour; so called because it was like the material of a shepherd's maud or plaid... The greater part of the clothing worn in rural and Highland districts, even to a comparatively late period, was made of this maldy; and the cloth was to a great extent..home made... Both yarn and cloth went by the name of maldy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1588 |
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