单词 | caffa |
释义 | † caffan. Obsolete. 1. A rich silk cloth, apparently similar to damask, much used in the 16th cent. 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 > patterned or figured caffa1531 kalgi1688 satin foulard1835 stauracin1870 1531 Wardrobe Acc. Hen. VIII 18 May White caffa for the Kinges grace. 1539 Will of John Hewes (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/27) f. 233v A doblet of Satten wt slevys of Caffa. 1552 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. ii. ii. xiv. 359 The said bed-maker received..twenty-two yards and three quarters of crimson capha for a damask to the same bed. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1290/1 Ouer the first loome was written, the weauing of worsted:..ouer the sixt the weauing of caffa. 1641 Cavendish Negot. Wolsey in S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. 41 Rich stuffs of silk in whole pieces of all colours, as velvet, satin, damask, caffa..and others not in my remembrance. 2. A kind of painted cotton cloth made in India, and occurring in commerce in the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > coloured, patterned, or printed > specific pintadoa1575 Salempore1598 chintz1614 nankeenc1700 caffa1701 jamwar1721 nankinett1794 purdah1813 zephyr1819 nankeening1830 calico1841 permanent1854 galatea1874 Madras gingham1880 Turkey red1880 Madras1897 shadow cretonne1932 shadow stripe1932 1701 Act 12 & 13 Will. III c. 11 Coffaes..and all other thin Calicoes, commonly called muslins. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 780 And some others [i.e. places] dependant on Caffa, which serves them for an Almagazen. 1810 Encycl. Brit. V. 49 Caffa..painted cotton cloths, manufactured in the East Indies, and sold at Bengal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1531 |
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