† Toursn.
/tʊə/, /tʊəz/, U.S. /ˈtʊ(ə)r(z)/ Obsolete.
a. Used attributively in names of things made at or associated with Tours; as Tours taffeta (also taffeta Tours).
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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 choice of fibres > [noun] > taffeta > types of
Tours taffeta1558
tuftaffeta1567
gum-taffeta1738
paper taffeta1957
1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 31 Taffita Towers white xix yardes.
1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 38 The gownes lyned with white towres taffita.
1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 187 Of Taffata crimsin thirtie two yardes, of Taffata Tawnie Towers thirtie and sixe yardes.
1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Evij v Taffata called Towers Taffata the yarde iii.s. iiij.d.
1640 Tables Rates & Duties in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) II. 169 Tabbies of silk, towers taffaty, the dozen yards, 2d.
b. Tours sorrel n. buckler-shaped or French sorrel, Rumex scutata.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > dock and allies > sorrel
sour dockc1325
sorrelc1440
sourock?a1505
sheep's sorrel1578
Tours sorrel1578
green sauce1620
moonwort1697
ranty-tantya1700
tree sorrel1753
sheep-sorrel1806
sour grass1866
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. ix. 558 Oxalis Romana, Tours Sorrel or Romayne Sorrel.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. ix. 559 Romayne Sorrel..in Frenche Ozeille Romaine, and Ozeille de Tours.]
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ozeille Romaine, Roman Sorrell,..Tours Sorrell.
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