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‖ kajang|ˈkɑːdʒæŋ|
Also cajang, kadjan, kedgang.
[Malay kājang.]
Matting made from the leaves of palms or pandanus.
1821J. Leyden tr. Malay Annals viii. 261 Raja Ahmed..flew a huge kite, as big as a cajang, (or tent folding screen). 1839T. J. Newbold Pol. & Statistical Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vi. 369 The Rhio gambier is often adulterated with sago, and rendered heavier by the Chinese purposely packing it in baskets lined with wet cajangs. 1845J. Brooke Jrnl. 1 Feb. in H. Keppel Expedition Borneo (1846) II. vi. 131 The number of fallen trees..obliged us to quit our boat, and remove all the kajang covers. 1848F. S. Marryat Borneo 63 The Malay war-boat..is built of timber at the lower part, the upper is of bamboo, rattan, and kedgang (the dried leaf of the Nepa palm). 1901A. C. Haddon Head-Hunters 299 The roof was covered with kajangs from the boats. 1904E. H. Giglioli tr. Beccari's Wanderings Gt. Forests Borneo 223 Sampans have generally a roofing of ‘kadjan’, a sort of matting made with palm or pandanus leaves. 1922Chambers's Jrnl. 503/1 Under the kajang (native rush matting) covering. 1959‘M. Derby’ Tigress iv. 161 The kajang-maker, who wove waterproof strips of matting of screw-pine leaves for roofing boats and carts. |