bridgwatern.

Brit.

/ˈbrɪdʒwɔːtə/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪdʒˌwɔdər/,

/ˈbrɪdʒˌwɑdər/

Forms: 1500s briggewater, 1500s brydgewater, 1500s brygwater, 1500s–1600s brigwater, 1500s– bridgewater, 1600s– bridgwater; also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < Bridgwater (formerly also Bridgewater), the name of a town in Somerset, south-west England. Compare Taunton n. and Dunster n.

Now historical.

A woollen cloth originally manufactured in the town of Bridgwater in Somerset, south-west England. Chiefly as a count noun: a variety or length of this. Also attributive, designating such a cloth.

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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 > made from wool > [noun] > from specific place

staminc1440

Florence1483

Taunton1499

bridgwaterc1503

tostocke1511

Tavistock1535

drab1541

Dunster1546

wadmal1572

pinwhite1604

Drap-de-Berry1619

cantaloon1711

West of England1840

Spanish stripes1875

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxv^v/2 Itm for straitis of the makyng of essex tawnton and brygwater of euery dossen Sold bi the broker he shal haue for brokis.

1516 Act of Common Council City of London 1 Aug. in Jrnls. (Corporation of London) (London Metropolitan Archives: COL/CC/01) XI. f. 258^v Brode Clothes Kerseyes Cottons Briggewaters ffryses Dosseyns or any other..Clothe made of Wolle.

1601 Act 43 Elizabeth I c. 10 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 975 Noe persone or persons shall put any Haire Flocks..or other deceiveable thinge..upon any broade Woollen Clothe Halfe Clothe Kersey Frize Dozen Pennystone or Cotton, Taunton Clothe, Bridgewater, Dunster Cotton.

1606–7 Act 4 James I c. 2 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 1138 Tauntons Bridgwaters and Dunsters made in the Westerne partes of Somersetsheire.

1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. v. i. 199 Broad cloths, called Tauntons, Bridgewaters, and Dunsters..shall run from twelve to thirteen yards in length, seven quarters in breadth, and weigh thirty pounds the piece.

1927 A. Friis Alderman Cockayne's Project i. 66 In 1624 the exports from Exeter..[included] dunsters, pinwhites, cardinals and Bridgewaters.

2012 W. B. Stephens Seventeenth-Cent. Customs Service Surveyed (e-book ed.) Until Culliford acted, merchants had been permitted to classify local broadcloths called ‘bridgwaters’ incorrectly as ‘cottons’, which bore half the correct export duty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bridgwater
释义	bridgwatern. Brit. /ˈbrɪdʒwɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈbrɪdʒˌwɔdər/, /ˈbrɪdʒˌwɑdər/ Forms: 1500s briggewater, 1500s brydgewater, 1500s brygwater, 1500s–1600s brigwater, 1500s– bridgewater, 1600s– bridgwater; also with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Bridgwater. Etymology: < Bridgwater (formerly also Bridgewater), the name of a town in Somerset, south-west England. Compare Taunton n. and Dunster n. Now historical. A woollen cloth originally manufactured in the town of Bridgwater in Somerset, south-west England. Chiefly as a count noun: a variety or length of this. Also attributive, designating such a cloth. 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 wool > [noun] > from specific place staminc1440 Florence1483 Taunton1499 bridgwaterc1503 tostocke1511 Tavistock1535 drab1541 Dunster1546 wadmal1572 pinwhite1604 Drap-de-Berry1619 cantaloon1711 West of England1840 Spanish stripes1875 c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxv^v/2 Itm for straitis of the makyng of essex tawnton and brygwater of euery dossen Sold bi the broker he shal haue for brokis. 1516 Act of Common Council City of London 1 Aug. in Jrnls. (Corporation of London) (London Metropolitan Archives: COL/CC/01) XI. f. 258^v Brode Clothes Kerseyes Cottons Briggewaters ffryses Dosseyns or any other..Clothe made of Wolle. 1601 Act 43 Elizabeth I c. 10 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 975 Noe persone or persons shall put any Haire Flocks..or other deceiveable thinge..upon any broade Woollen Clothe Halfe Clothe Kersey Frize Dozen Pennystone or Cotton, Taunton Clothe, Bridgewater, Dunster Cotton. 1606–7 Act 4 James I c. 2 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 1138 Tauntons Bridgwaters and Dunsters made in the Westerne partes of Somersetsheire. 1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. v. i. 199 Broad cloths, called Tauntons, Bridgewaters, and Dunsters..shall run from twelve to thirteen yards in length, seven quarters in breadth, and weigh thirty pounds the piece. 1927 A. Friis Alderman Cockayne's Project i. 66 In 1624 the exports from Exeter..[included] dunsters, pinwhites, cardinals and Bridgewaters. 2012 W. B. Stephens Seventeenth-Cent. Customs Service Surveyed (e-book ed.) Until Culliford acted, merchants had been permitted to classify local broadcloths called ‘bridgwaters’ incorrectly as ‘cottons’, which bore half the correct export duty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1503
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