Normandyn.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːməndi/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrməndi/

Forms: Middle English Normandi, Middle English– Normandy, 1500s Normandie, 1500s Normandye, 1500s Normundy.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Normandie.

Etymology: < the name of Normandie, a region of northern France.The name is attested in Old English from the mid 11th cent. as Normandig (also Normandi, Normandie).

I. Compounds.

1. attributive.

a. gen. Designating things made in, situated in, or associated with Normandy.

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1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 215 (MED) Item, ffor vj Normandy byllys, the same day, xvj s. vj d.

1471 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 280 (MED) Armis, scilicet gladiis, daggariis, gleivis, Normandibilles, [etc.].

1497 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 102 For 6 ells of Normandy clothe for the clark's surplice, and for whitning the same, 0 3 3.

1507 in J. Gage Suffolk 143 Setting vp of white Normandy glas, oon rowe of quarrells white.

1554 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) II. 450 Normandye Canvas, a pece of Red Clothe.

1564 in E. Roberts & K. Parker Southampton Probate Inventories, 1447–1575 (1992) I. 214 j elle quar^t of Normandie canvas at x, xij d.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4538/4 60 Cases of White Normandy Window-Glass.

1868 R. F. Williams Lives Eng. Cardinals II. 261 Hugh Vaughan sends him [sc. Wolsey] a parcel of Normandy cloth.

1957 G. D. Ramsay Eng. Overseas Trade 76 Other re-exports from London included Normandy canvas, Holland cloth and Polish linen.

1972 Econ. Hist. Rev. 25 423 The Oxford figure for 1601–4 is inflated by a consignment in 1604 which Thorold Rogers notes as indicating Normandy glass.

b. Normandy butter n. butter made in Normandy.

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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > butter > [noun] > types of butter

May-butter?a1425

clarified butter1562

pot-butter1616

manteca1622

grass butter1648

green butter1654

drawn butter1661

cacao butter1662

ghee1665

rowen1673

ruskin1679

orange butter1696

whey-buttera1722

rowen butter1725

fairy butter1747

grease1788

Cambridge butter1830

stubble-butter1856

black jack1858

maître d'hôtel butter1861

Normandy butter1868

creamery butter1881

pound butter1888

renovated butter1888

samn1888

process butter1898

pool butter1940

garlic butter1942

yak butter1962

Normandy1973

cannabutter1994

1868 S. Smiles Life G. Stephenson Pref. p. xxii The greater cleanness and neatness with which the Normandy butter is prepared for market rendering it a favorite both with dealers and consumes of late years.

1875 Grocer 31 July p. iv (advt.) Normandy butter.

1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File ii. 19 I..bought..some Normandy butter and garlic sausage.

1975 R. Butler Where all Girls are Sweeter i. 5 There was still a slab of Sainsbury's Normandy butter.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 197 The man would have me mount all my sauces with Normandy butter and foie gras.

c. Normandy vellum n. a strong handmade paper designed to imitate the qualities of parchment. rare.

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > paper imitating vellum

vegetable vellum1881

vellum paper1888

Normandy vellum1935

1935 in S. Beckett Echo's Bones & Other Precipitates (end matter) This edition is limited to 327 copies of which 25 on Normandy vellum signed by the author are numbered I to xxv.

1968 Amer. Notes & Queries 6 158/1 There were only 212 copies [of the magazine Pages] of which 12..are on Normandy vellum.

2. attributive. Designating or relating to the Allied invasion of occupied France that began on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with beach landings in Normandy. Esp. in Normandy beaches, Normandy landings.

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1944 Daily Tel. 9 June 1/5 The radio stations are doing everything to minimise the importance of the Normandy landing.

1944 Amer. Notes & Queries Sept. 84/2 The behind-German-lines base established by Allied gliders during the Normandy invasion.

1950 Packaging & Display Encycl. (ed. 2) 382/1 (caption) A case returned by the War Office..after nine months on the Normandy Beaches.

1963 Amer. Hist. Rev. 68 932 [Operation Anvil] was eventually carried out on August 15, after the Normandy landings and after the Germans had been pushed back to northern Italy.

1991 B. Millin Invasion (BNC) 145 You can stay with the Brigade as Piper until we return to England at the close of the Normandy campaign.

1994 New Scientist 23 July 42/1 Lord Mountbatten's Combined Operations organisation..was responsible for planning the technological aspects of the Normandy invasion.

1996 Times (Electronic ed.) 7 June Detectives investigating an alleged ‘road rage’ attack on a Normandy veteran have been unable to find any witnesses.

II. Simple uses.

†3. Cloth from Normandy. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [noun]

irislams1375

westvale1383

hinderland1465

ypir?1517

Normandy1529

Ghentish1545

mant1575

Scots cloth1581

northerna1592

turquesques1594

Westphalia1612

nilla1614

phota1616

Norwich stuff1618

Venus1629

nicanee1652

East India1659

caffoy1678

Bengal1681

Mantua1699

coffoy1703

Chello1712

negannepaut1725

Russia drab1741

Wilton1744

toile de Jouy1784

sorting-cloth1847

rum-swizzle1851

sarong1858

Yokohama1879

Turkoman1881

Mexican1883

kanga1895

Milanese1926

leso1961

1529 Dunmow Churchwardens' Accts. in Essex Rev. (1912) 21 150 Xiii. ells of hollan clothe at viid. the ell, and xvi ells of whytyd normundy at vid. the ell.

1667 Probate Inventory in M. Reed Bucks. Probate Inventories (Bucks. Rec. Soc.) (1988) 31 3 Normandy 22d. 0. 5. 6.

4. Normandy butter. rare.

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