piece-goodsn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːsɡʊdz/, U.S.

/ˈpisˌɡʊdz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piece n., good n.

Etymology: < piece n. + the plural of good n. (compare good n. 10).

Textile fabrics woven in pieces of standard length. See piece n. 4a.Piece-goods were originally fabrics exported to Europe from India and the Far East; the imposition of heavy import duties towards the end of the 18th cent. severely curtailed such trade with England, and the term was then applied instead mainly to Lancashire cotton goods exported to the East.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > woven > of specific length

piece-goods1649

1649 Tuesdaies Jrnl. No. 4. 25 Cap. Pearce, in the Weymouth Pinck, from Rotterdam is bound for Oastend, to bring over Londoners laden with peece goods.

1664 T. Allin Jrnl. 21 Nov. (1939) (modernized text) I. 180 A Provençal, came from Genoa laden with rice, wheat and some piece goods.

1722 London Gaz. No. 6045/9 All Piece Goods, as Bays, Cloaths, Stuffs, or any other Manufactury.

1785 in W. S. Seton-Karr & H. D. Sandeman Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 82 That the Captains and Officers of all ships that shall sail from any part of India, after receiving notice hereof, shall be allowed to bring eight thousand pieces of piece-goods, and no more.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. i. iii. 45 (note) Piece goods is the term..chiefly employed by the Company and their agents to denote the muslins and wove goods of India and China in general.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 535/1 Lancashire..has recently procured the abolition of the small import duty on English piece-goods in India.

1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 25 Oct. 307 It seems unlikely..that the restrictions of silk piece-goods and made-up goods will cause a larger trade to be done in cotton poplins, cambrics, limbrics, etc.

1992 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 347/2 By 1834 Jardine Matheson was..speculating in smuggled opium and piece-goods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piece-goods
释义	piece-goodsn. Brit. /ˈpiːsɡʊdz/, U.S. /ˈpisˌɡʊdz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piece n., good n. Etymology: < piece n. + the plural of good n. (compare good n. 10). Textile fabrics woven in pieces of standard length. See piece n. 4a.Piece-goods were originally fabrics exported to Europe from India and the Far East; the imposition of heavy import duties towards the end of the 18th cent. severely curtailed such trade with England, and the term was then applied instead mainly to Lancashire cotton goods exported to the East. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > woven > of specific length piece-goods1649 1649 Tuesdaies Jrnl. No. 4. 25 Cap. Pearce, in the Weymouth Pinck, from Rotterdam is bound for Oastend, to bring over Londoners laden with peece goods. 1664 T. Allin Jrnl. 21 Nov. (1939) (modernized text) I. 180 A Provençal, came from Genoa laden with rice, wheat and some piece goods. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6045/9 All Piece Goods, as Bays, Cloaths, Stuffs, or any other Manufactury. 1785 in W. S. Seton-Karr & H. D. Sandeman Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1864) I. 82 That the Captains and Officers of all ships that shall sail from any part of India, after receiving notice hereof, shall be allowed to bring eight thousand pieces of piece-goods, and no more. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. i. iii. 45 (note) Piece goods is the term..chiefly employed by the Company and their agents to denote the muslins and wove goods of India and China in general. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 535/1 Lancashire..has recently procured the abolition of the small import duty on English piece-goods in India. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 25 Oct. 307 It seems unlikely..that the restrictions of silk piece-goods and made-up goods will cause a larger trade to be done in cotton poplins, cambrics, limbrics, etc. 1992 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 347/2 By 1834 Jardine Matheson was..speculating in smuggled opium and piece-goods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649
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