| 单词 | sherbaff silk |
| 释义 | > as lemmassherbaff silk A kind of silk of Persia. Also sherbaff silk. 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 silk > [noun] > types of > from specific place > Persian sherbaff1619 1619 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 63 Serebaffes. 1624 in Foster Eng. Factories India 11 Seribaffs. 1629 in Foster Eng. Factories India 350 Serebasts. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 81 in Trav. Persia Seventy Pieces of Zer-baffè, which is a very rich sort of Persian Tissue. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 92 Zerbaft, which is the Bocart of Persia. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4472/4 At the Marine Coffee-house..will be expos'd to Sale..9 Bales Sherbaffe Silk. 1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 157 They cannot purchase less..than 22 great Pounds of Sherbassee (or Persia fine Raw Silk). 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. iv. 16 The first is called Sherbaff, or weavers silk, because the weavers..are supposed to use the best they can procure. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. x. 51 In regard to the Sherbaff silk, which was bought..in Ghilan,..it was found to be two shillings in a pound better than the Persian Sherbaff imported from Turkey. < as lemmas |
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