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ottoman, n.2|ˈɒtəmən|
[f. prec.: prob. through F. ottomane (1812 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. A cushioned seat like a sofa, but without back or arms, for sitting or reclining on; or a small article of the same kind used as a low seat or footstool.
1806T. S. Surr Winter in Lond. II. 146 Arberry..with most abominable malice, placed her on the Ottoman next to me! 1809Byron Let. to Mother 12 Nov., The apartment was surrounded by scarlet ottomans. 1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies xlvi. (1875) 358 Eleanor..was..about to sit down by the couch on a little ottoman. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt i. (1868) 12 The frightened old man seated himself with Nimrod the retriever on an ottoman. 1880Ouida Moths I. 166 This person had her feet on an ottoman.
attrib.1810S. Green Reformist II. 162 The Pembrokes..had caused to be placed near the fire an elegant ottoman sofa. 1859W. Anderson Disc. (1860) 290 From her ottoman throne in the drawing-room..[she] gives orders.
2. A kind of fabric of silk, or silk and wool. Also attrib.
1883Truth 31 May 747/1 Lady Spencer wore a costume of dark red ottoman silk. Ibid. 769/2 Another dress is of black ottoman, the skirt front being covered with blue jet. 1884Cassell's Fam. Mag. Oct. 695/1 The woollen Ottoman..is of the nature of the old rep. 1887Daily News 11 May 5/8 The front, in white ottoman, was very richly embroidered in pearls upon the silk. 1922Barker & Midgley Analysis Woven Fabrics (ed. 2) xv. 301 Ottoman cloth, a dress fabric of a warp-rib structure, usually made from hard, crisp yarns. 1948G. L. Fraser Textiles by Britain Gloss., Ottoman, dress material in either silk or rayon with a broken rib face and plain⁓weave back. It is produced in various sizes of rib. 1951A. T. C. Robinson Rayon Fabric Construction viii. 79 A high-class Ottoman suitable for dressy coats. 1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 9 Apr. (1970) 659, I had worn my yellow ottoman cotton with an easy skirt. 1972M. L. Joseph Introductory Textile Sci. (ed. 2) xxii. 239 Many rib-weave fabrics have heavy yarns inserted as picks. Examples of this construction include poplin, faille, bengaline, and ottoman. |