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† kittisol Obs.|ˈkɪtɪsɒl|
Forms: 6–7 quitasole, 7 quita-, quitta-, quittusol; kittasole, kittisal, kitesoll, (kippe-sole, kettysol), kitsol(l, 8 kitysol, 8–9 kittisol, (9 ketty-, kettisol).
[a. Pg. and Sp. quitasol, f. quitar to take away, ward off + sol sun.]
A sunshade, parasol, umbrella: almost always in reference to the East Indies or China; spec. a Chinese umbrella made of bamboo and oiled paper.
‘This word survived till lately in the Indian Tariff, but it is otherwise long obsolete’ (Yule).
1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China (Hakluyt Soc.) II. 105 Two quitasoles of silke, and a horse. 1611Hawkins in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 217 Of Kittasoles of state, for to shaddow him, there bee twentie [in the treasury of Akbar]. 1615R. Cocks Diary (Hakluyt Soc.) I. 28 The China Capt...brought me a present from his brother, viz., 1 faire kitesoll. 1625Purchas Pilgrims I. iv. 559 Many Canopies, Quittusols and other strange ensignes of Maiesty. 1662Bp. Nicholson David's Harp, The Lord is thy shade—umbraculum—a quittasol upon thy right hand. 1687Let. Crt. Directors in Wheeler Madras in Olden Time (1861) I. 200 (Y.) They [Aldermen of Madras] may be allowed to have Kettysols over them. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 110 A great Attendance with Pageants, Mirxhals, and Kitsols. 1706Wooden World Diss. (1708) 19 [He] believes a Kittisol a nobler Piece of Magnificence, than a good Table. 1813Milburn Orient. Comm. II. 464 (Y.) Kittisols, large, 2,000 to 3,000. 1875Indian Tariff (Y.), Umbrellas, Chinese, of paper, Kettysolls. Ibid., Chinese paper Kettisols..duty 5 per cent. |