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Roorkee|ˈrʊəkiː|
Also Roorkhee, rhoorkee, Roorkie.
The name of a town, northeast of Delhi, in Uttar Pradesh, India, used attrib. in roorkee chair, a type of collapsible chair, with wooden frame and canvas back and seat, originally produced there; also ellipt.; roorkee work, a kind of canvas work associated with Roorkee.
1905Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Rules & Price List 15 Mar. 261/2 Roorkhee folding chair. Each 18/9 (Supply uncertain) Do. do., English make, of ash throughout, better finished. Each 21/6. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 281/2 Roorkhee Folding Chair. English make, of ash throughout, well finished... Do., in green canvas with back... An improved form of Roorkee chair, it having a leg rest. 1936J. Cary Afr. Witch viii. 158 Four chairs, including the Resident's well-known rhoorkee, taller than the rest, were empty. 1937G. Frankau More of Us xiv. 147 Splendid sank Circe to a canvas throne Of rhoorkee work. 1953J. Masters Lotus & Wind v. 69 There was no furniture left except a folding table and a Roorkie chair on which the colonel sat. 1973‘B. Mather’ Snowline xvi. 189, I lay back in a long Roorkhee chair. 1975C. Allen Plain Tales from Raj v. 65 Perhaps some Roorkee chairs, made of canvas stretched on wood. |