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Witney|ˈwɪtnɪ|
Also 8–9 Whitney (8 -eye).
A heavy loose woollen material with a nap, manufactured and made up into blankets at Witney, a town in Oxfordshire; also, formerly, a kind of cloth or coating made there. Also attrib. esp. in Witney blanket (for which the simple Witney is occas. used).
The name has been applied to similar materials made elsewhere, but in 1909 a decision of the Courts in an action brought under the Merchandise Marks Act upheld the restriction of the name to blankets produced by the Witney manufacturers.
1716Gay Trivia i. 47 True Witney Broad-cloth with it's Shag unshorn, Unpierc'd is in the lasting Tempest worn. 1737in Alice M. Earle Costume of Colonial Times (1894) 256 Fine Whitneye at 53s a yard, Coarse Whitneye at 28s a yard. 1760Foote Minor ii. 50 Whitney blankets for exportation. 1792New Bath Directory 16 Whitney Blanket Warehouse. 1860S. Jubb Shoddy-trade 45 Witneys have been made in a variety of plain colours, mixtures, and fancy styles. 1866R. H. Gronow Recoll. Ser. iv. 155 He..wrapped himself up in a large Witney blanket. 1880Blackmore Mary Anerley xl, Give him one of our new whitneys to go behind his saddle. 1883Yorks. Textile Direct. 3 Presidents, naps, witneys &c. 1885Mistletoe Bough 25/2 A thick witney coat. |