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† vandelas Obs.
Forms: 6 vandelas, 7 -alas, -olose, -ulose.
[See def.]
A kind of strong coarse canvas, used esp. for sails, manufactured in the district of Brittany formerly called Le Vendelais.
1571in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 137 For vandelas lxvij ells di.—lxvijs vjd. 1572Ibid. 167 For xxti⊇ peeces of Vandelas to cover the Banketting howse. 1612Ledger A. Halyburton (1867) 319 Vandolose or Vitrie canves the eln, x s. 1640in Entick London (1766) II. 167 Linnens,..narrow vandales, or vittry canvas. 1657Acts of Interregn. (1911) II. 1213 Vandalose or Vittry Canvas. |