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Bolton|ˈbəʊltən|
The name of a county borough in Lancashire used attrib. in: Bolton bay, a variety of fowl, gold and silver in colour and minutely marked; Bolton sheeting, a twill cotton fabric containing a condenser weft and used for curtains, linings, etc.; Bolton twill, a twill cotton fabric manufactured in Bolton.
1854Poultry Chron. II. 295/1 Provincial terms, as Minorcas, Bolton Bays,..Pheasants, Chitteprats. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 475 Pencilled Hamburg. This variety of the Hamburg fowl is..also known, in different parts of the country, as Chitteprats, Creoles, or Corals, Bolton bays and grays. 1880L. Higgin Handbk. Embroidery ii. 12 (heading) Bolton, or workhouse sheeting, is a coarse twilled cotton fabric, seventy-two inches wide, of a beautiful soft creamy colour. 1938D. Garnett in T. E. Lawrence Lett. 40 He hung the walls of his study with green Bolton sheeting which made it very quiet. 1967J. W. Coates & Co. Catal. Spring 11/1 Heavy Quality, hemmed Bolton Twill Sheets..39/6 pr. |