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Coromandel|ˌkɒrəˈmændəl|
[Name of the major part of the eastern coast of Madras, prob. a corruption of Cholamandalam, ‘the country of the Cholas’, an old Dravidian people.]
1. = calamander. Freq. attrib.
1845G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. IV. 199 The coromandel-wood. 1910Encycl. Brit. VIII. 843/2 Much of the East Indian ebony is yielded by the species D[iospyros] Melanoxylon (Coromandel ebony). 1931L. Binyon Coll. Poems II. 226 Betwixt slim pillars, on a floor Of brindled coromandel wood. 1940Archit. Rev. LXXXVII. 12/2 The rostrum and desk tops and fronts are in American figured walnut; their bases in coromandel.
2. Used attrib. to designate oriental lacquer transhipped on the Coromandel coast while being exported to Europe.
1878F. B. Palliser tr. Jacquemart's Hist. Furnit. iv. viii. 454 Coromandel lacquer ware. 1936Burlington Mag. Jan. 40/2 Superb screen of the so-called ‘Coromandel’ type, decorated with storks and pine-trees. 1955R. Fastnedge Eng. Furn. Styles iv. 94 Two varieties of Oriental lacquer were brought to England during the late seventeenth century—the very beautiful and most durable incised or ‘Coromandel’ lacquer, [etc.]. 1963Times 7 Mar. 14/3 An eight leaf coromandel lacquer screen for {pstlg}170. |