cadjann.
/ˈkɑːdʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈkɑdʒən/, Indian English /ˈkɑːdʒən/, /ˈkædʒən/ Anglo-Indian.
1. ‘Coco-palm leaves matted, the common substitute for thatch in Southern India’ (Col. Yule).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > for thatching > palm
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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 17 Flags..(by them called Cajans, being Co-Coe-tree Branches)..supplying..Covering to their Cottages.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxiv. 294 His Palace..was..covered with Cadjans or Cocoa-nut Tree Leaves woven together.
1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. ii. 126 Houses are..roofed with its plaited fronds, which, under the name of cajans, are likewise employed for constructing partitions and fences.
2. ‘A strip of fan-palm leaf, i.e. either of the talipot, or of the palmyra, prepared for writing on; and so a document written on such a strip’ (Col. Yule). Also attributive, as in cadjan leaf, cadjan letter.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > leaf > [noun]
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1707 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden T. II. 78 The officer at the Bridge Gate bringing in..a Cajan letter that he found hung upon a post.
1716 in J. T. Wheeler Madras in Olden T. II. 231 The President..has intercepted a villainous letter or Cajan.
1840 A. Campbell Code Madras Regul. 323 Vellum parchment or any other material instead of paper or cadjan leaf.
1853 J. W. Dykes Salem 355.
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