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jean|dʒeɪn|
Forms: α. 6 ieen, iene, ge(a)ne, ieane, ieyne, ienne, 7 ieine, 7– jean; β. 7– jane. In early use with capital initial.
[app. the same as ME. Gene, Jene, Jeyne, Jayne, Jane, in OF. Janne(s, mod.F. Gênes, med.L. Janua, Genoa, a city of Italy; cf. jane1, a coin of Genoa, and Geane.]
†1. = Geane, Genoa; attrib. = Genoese. Obs.
1495Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 262 Cables..of Jeane makyng. c1524Churchw. Acc. St. Mary Hill, London (Nichols 1797) 127 A carpet of Jeen makyng. 1607Markham Caval. ii. 59 Some horsmen vse that bytt, which wee call the Bastonet or Ieine bytt, which is made with..great rough rings, made high like wheeles.
2. a. A twilled cotton cloth; a kind of fustian. Orig. jene (ge(a)ne, geanes) fustian, shortened to jeanes, jean, etc.
The form jeans is used in U.S.
α1567in Swayne Sarum Church-w. Acc. (1896) 113, ij yerdes of Jene fustyan. 1575Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 233, vij. yeards of geanes fustion..xvj yeardes of geane fustion. 1577Ibid. 269, ij yardes of whitt geanes. 1589in H. Hall Soc. Eliz. Age (1886) 210 Gene fustian. 1589Acc.-Bk. W. Wray in Antiquary XXXII. 78 White Jennes, iijs. vjd. 1622Househ. Bks. Ld. W. Howard (Beck Draper's Dict.), A quarter of jean for my Ladie's stockins, 3d. 1766W. Gordon Gen. Counting-ho. 427, 2 pieces ½ yard wide white jean. 1802Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) s.v. Leigh, Considerable manufactures, particularly of fine jeans. 1862in Bryant & Gay Hist. U.S. (1880) IV. 531 A million yards of jeans. c1885Weldon's Pract. Needlewk. IV. 3/1 Executed..on a ground of white satin jean.
β1612Two Noble K. iii. v, You most coarse freeze capacities, Ye jaue judgments [Dyce reads ‘jane’]. 1662Stat. Ireland (1765) II. 407 Fustians called janes. 1835Blackw. Mag. XXXVIII. 164 A new suit of olive jane.
b. pl. Garment of this material. Now usu. close-fitting trousers of this (or other) material. See also blue-jean s.v. blue a. 13.
1843R. S. Surtees Handley Cross I. xiii. 276 Septimus arrived flourishin' his cambric, with his white jeans strapped under his chammy leather opera boots. 1846S. F. Smith Theatr. Apprenticeship 48 My friend in the jeans and white hat. 1873‘Mark Twain’ & Warner Gilded Age (1874) i. 19 They were dressed in homespun ‘jeans’, blue or yellow. 1879Birmingham Weekly Post 26 Apr. 2/7 The cook, in his spotless ‘jeans,’ made the usual enquiry. 1904G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey ii. 35 Wouldn't we be a nice pair of turtles to stand around with coin in our jeans and see a nice girl like Amy getting the ice? 1923J. Galsworthy Captures 62 He wore, not white ducks, but blue jeans. 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas xvii. 187 No doubt this fiend in butler's shape was even now on his way east with the stuff in his jeans, gone beyond recall. 1957Times 12 Nov. (Canada Suppl.) p. xv/4 For miles and miles of suburban area you will rarely see a young woman out of blue jeans, shorts or slim-jim pants during the day. 1958Economist 11 Jan. 94/1 Girls in tight jeans and dazzle socks. 1958Daily Herald 24 Mar. 2/6 In bright red jeans and thick nautical sweater, secretary Fiona stood on the deck of her Thames-side barge. 1969I. & P. Opie Children's Games xi. 317 Little girls, dressed in T-shirts and jeans.
c. attrib. and Comb. Made of jean, as jean boot, jean cap, jean coat, jean trousers, etc. Also jean-clad, jean-jacketed adjs. jean-age [cf. teen-age a.], the age at which a young person is likely to wear jeans; so jean-aged adj.; jean-ager.
1960Guardian 15 Sept. 9/1 A full-house audience, ranging from the peerage to the jean-age. 1967Observer (Colour Suppl.) 30 Apr. 34/2 (heading) Up to jean-age. Ibid., The most comprehensive analysis yet of the difficult jean-age years.
1962Times Lit. Suppl. 18 May 359/2 Mr. Kerouac is..far more than the mere apostle of jean-aged, teen-aged..American youth.
1959Design Oct. 29/2 Pony-tailed jean-agers. 1961Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Dec. p. iv (heading) Tales for jean-agers.
1849Thackeray Pendennis I. xxiv. 231 His jean-boots, with tips of shiny leather.
1858Lytton What Will He do? i. i, ‘You are a keen observer’, said he of the jean cap.
1885Harper's Mag. Dec. 132 The jeans-clad mountaineers.
Ibid. A leather belt girded his brown jeans coat.
1801T. S. Surr Splendid Misery II. 141 Habited in..a jean grey frock.
1860Observer 16 Sept. 3/6 The disinterested and brave liberator of Italy, in his red shirt, in a dirty pair of jean trowsers, and worn-out boots. c1871J. Albery Dramatic Works (1939) I. 234 He..wears..brown, soiled jean trousers.
Hence jeaned a., clad in jean trousers.
1970‘E. Lindall’ Gathering of Eagles iii. 30 Van Jordan stood up and looked down at him, legs wide and hands on her jeaned hips. 1971D. Wallis Bad Luck Girl i. i. 8 She forked out a length of jeaned thigh to fall against his own. |