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Donegal|ˈdɒnɪgɔːl, dɒnɪˈgɔːl|
The name of a county in the north-west of Ireland; used attrib. or ellipt. to designate something produced in or peculiar to the county, esp. a type of tweed or a kind of coarse, knotted carpet.
1903–4T. Eaton Catal. Fall & Winter 17 Women's Trainless Suit, made of Oxford grey Donegal tweed. 1905Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 10/2 There are some charming new tweeds this season. The Donegals are good. 1909J. Joyce Let. 27 Oct. (1966) II. 257, I send you seven or eight yards of Donegal tweed to have a new dress made from. Ibid. 17 Nov. 264 Irish tweeds, Donegals and suitings. 1946J. B. Priestley Bright Day vi. 188 A floppy Donegal tweed hat. 1963House & Garden Feb. 79/3 Donegal carpets. Hand-knotted carpets were first made in County Donegal in 1898. Ibid. 79/4 Those Axminster and Savonnerie carpets of the eighteenth century, whose colour and design the modern Donegal often emulates. 1968Guardian 2 May 7/3 Very soft Isle of Bute tweeds and Donegals. |