Witneyn.
/ˈwɪtni/, U.S. /ˈwɪtni/ A heavy loose woollen material with a nap, manufactured and made up into blankets at Witney; also, formerly, a kind of cloth or coating made there. Also attributive esp. in Witney blanket (for which the simple Witney is occasionally used). The name has been applied to similar materials made elsewhere, but in 1909 a decision of the Courts in an action brought under the Merchandise Marks Act upheld the restriction of the name to blankets produced by the Witney manufacturers.
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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] > with open or loose texture
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1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 4 True Witney Broad-cloath with it's Shag unshorn, Unpierc'd is in the lasting Tempest worn.
1737 in Alice M. Earle Costume of Colonial Times (1894) 256 Fine Whitneye at 53s a yard, Coarse Whitneye at 28s a yard.
1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 50 Whitney blankets for exportation.
1792 New Bath Directory 16 Whitney Blanket Warehouse.
1860 S. Jubb Hist. Shoddy-trade 45 Witneys have been made in a variety of plain colours, mixtures, and fancy styles.
1866 R. H. Gronow Recoll. 4th Ser. 155 He..wrapped himself up in a large Witney blanket.
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley xl Give him one of our new whitneys to go behind his saddle.
1883 Yorks. Textile Direct. 3 Presidents, naps, witneys &c.
1885 Mistletoe Bough 25/2 A thick witney coat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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