shamianan.
/ˈʃɑːmɪɑːnə/, Indian English /ˌʃaːmɪˈjaːna/ Indian.
‘An awning or flat tent-roof without sides’ (Yule); a flat awning or canopy. †Also (quot. 1609), a material used for such awnings, a striped calico.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > calico > types of
calico-lawn?1592
shamiana1609
dungaree1613
percaulah1614
muslin calico1705
Wigan1875
limbo1891
finishing cloth1892
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > roof-like covering of cloth
tiltc1440
penthouse1517
entiltment1599
shamiana1609
tilt-cloth1611
awning1624
tentorium1661
tilting1720
1609 in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1896) I. 29 A sort of Calico here called Semijanes are also in abundance.
c1610 W. Finch in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. iv. iv. 432 Another open Chounter of stone to sit in, couered with rich Semianes.
1616 F. Fettiplace in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1900) IV. 239 Semanes, whereof they gave us order from Suratt to buy for one-third of our stock.
1616 F. Fettiplace in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1900) IV. 239 Symmeanes.
1616 Sir T. Roe in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. iv. xvi. 543 There is erected a throne foure foote from the ground, in the Durbar Court, from the backe whereof, to the place where the King comes out a square of fiftie sixe paces long, and fortie three broad was rayled in, and couered with faire Semianes or Canopies of Cloth of Gold, Silke, or Veluet ioyned together, and sustained with Canes so couered.
1622 R. Cocks Diary (1883) II. 287 Fyne Semian chowters and white baftas are good for presentes.
1676 in Forrest Bombay Lett. (1887) Home Ser. I. 89 We desire you to furnish him with bridle and sadle, semeanoes, canatts [etc.].
1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. II. xxvi. 455 To pitch my tent or erect my summiniana, or shamyana.
1857 M. Thornhill Pers. Adventures Indian Mutiny (1884) 14 Our beds were arranged under large canopies, open on all sides, and which are termed..‘Shameanahs’.
1902 Times 13 Aug. 4/1 On the lawn, a shamiana with silver uprights had been erected.
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n.1609- out of all cure
- out of all ho
- out of all knowledge
- out of all measure
- out of all nick
- out of all peradventure
- out of all proportion
- out of all reason
- out of all recognition
- out of all scotch and notch
- out of all sight
- out of all suspicion
- out of an imitation of
- out of any one's debt
- out of array
- out of balance
- out of belief
- out of bias
- out of blast
- out of blood
- out of body
- out of bounds
- out of breath
- out of by wit or one's wit
- out of call