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† tars, tarse Obs.
Also 5 tarsse.
[a. OF. tarse (1345 in Godef.); in med.L. pannus Tarsicus; formerly held to be the same word as Tarse, Tarsus in Cilicia (either because fabricated at or imported by way of Tarsus); but probably referring to Tarsia or Tharsia, described in Maundeville (xxiv, Roxb. xxvii) as ‘the kingdom of Tarse’, upon which the land of Cathay ‘marcheth toward the west’, app. Turkestan; hence prob. the same as tartar n.3, and tartarin1 2, q.v.]
A rich and costly stuff of Oriental origin, used in the West in the 14th and 15th c. Also cloth of tars.
[1295Visitatio Thesaur. S. Pauli Londin. (Du Cange), Casula de panno Tarsico, Indici coloris.] 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 571 Dubbed in a dublet of a dere tars. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 163 As gladde of a goune of a graye russet As of a tunicle of tarse or of trye scarlet. a1400Morte Arth. 3190 In toges of tarsse fulle richelye attyrde. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vi. 20 Cledd in clathe of gold or tars, or in chamelet. a1400–50Alexander 1515 [He] arais all þe cite, Braidis ouire with bawdkyns all þe brade stretis, With tars & with tafeta þar he trede sulde. Ibid. 4673 Doubeletis of damaske & sum of dere tars. [1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 105 The rich stuff called ‘cloth of tars’ is mentioned in this reign [Edw. I]. It was latinized tarsicus and tartarinus. 1880G. C. M. Birdwood Indian Arts II. 74 Cloth of Tars is from Tarsus, or perhaps from Tabriz. ] |