单词 | ostrich wool |
释义 | † ostrich wooln. Obsolete. Ostrich down, used as a substitute for beaver fur. Cf. ostrich n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from specific place Shetland1783 picklock1794 ostrich wool1812 gansey1822 Botany wool1834 botany1864 Shetland floss1877 Kalmuck1940 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 255 Ostrich, or Estridge Wool is used as a substitute for Beaver in the manufacture of hats. It is usually imported from Germany, the Levant, Italy, and other parts of the Mediterranean. 1833 S. Afr. Almanac & Dir. 164 Ostrich wool..is the soft down lying close under the feathers of the Ostrich. It is used in lieu of Beaver in Europe. 1894 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable (1895) 427 Estrich wool is the soft down of the estrich, called in French, duvet d'autriche. It lies immediately under the feathers of the ostrich. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1812 |
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