Coburgn.
/ˈkəʊbəːɡ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊˌbərɡ/ 1. A thin fabric of worsted and cotton or worsted and silk, twilled on one side; an imitation of merino, for ladies' dresses.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of
stamin?c1225
worsted1348
monk's cloth1441
set cloth1467
vesse1483
St. Thomas worsted1518
St. Omer's worsted1530
caddis1558
cloth-rash1592
Philip and Cheyney1614
none-so-pretty1622
tammy1675
cheyneyc1680
crape1682
bunting1742
beaudoy1759
wildbore1784
Princetta?1790
Circassian1824
plain-back1830
Coburg1844
Tournai1858
Tricotine1914
1844 Cheltenham Chron. 10 Oct. 2/7 (advt.) Cobourg and Orleans cloths.
1864 D. G. Rossetti Let. 12 Nov. (1965) II. 527 I shall bring..a dress for Maggie... It is a sort of brown Coburg.
1882 S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. Coburg, introduced shortly after her Majesty's marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg; most probably aiming at popularity through that event. It was merely a modification of what had previously been known as Paramatta cloth.
2. A two-wheeled covered carriage or cart, used esp. in the country. Also attributive.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > covered > other types
bathing-machine1771
Coburg1824
tartana1829
bathing-hut1838
tartan1858
1824 Act 5 George IV c. 114 §78 For every..Coburg, and for every other Carriage hung on Springs, the Sum of Sixpence for each Wheel.
1847 J. Leech Church Goer 198 Along the main road, and from every bye-road, came coburgs, cars, and all kinds or rural vehicles.
1850 J. Leech Church-goer (new ed.) 66 A kind of Cobourg (I think you call it,) or market-cart..passed me.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 255/1 Chard & Munro, Bristol..A Coburg conveyance.
1857 A. H. Elton Below Surface I. x. 223 The mob suffered no one to precede them, turning back or forcibly detaining every horseman, or spring-cart, or farmer's coburgh that overtook them on the road.
1857 A. H. Elton Below Surface I. x. 228 A friendly baker was waiting for him in a coburgh cart.
1925 J. Conrad Suspense i. ii. 25 The half-length portrait of a rubicund Latham in a white coburg, which, but for the manly and sensitive mouth, might have been the portrait of his own coachman.
3. In full Coburg loaf, a kind of loaf.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > other types of loaf
white loafeOE
barley loafc950
French loafc1350
pease loafc1390
penny loaf1418
jannock?a1500
household loaf1565
boon-loaf1679
farmhouse loaf1795
cottage loaf1829
potato loaf1831
sod1836
Coburg1843
sweet roll1851
stale1874
Hovis1890
Sally Lunn1901
bloomer loaf1937
wholemeal1957
baguette1958
1843 D. G. Rossetti Let. 25 June (1965) I. 12 I dawdled about till teatime. When I repaid myself by walking into the Coburg with awful perseverance.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 Sept. 10/2 Every description of loaf, from..a ‘crumby’ to a Coburg.
1935 E. Weekley Something about Words 106 Coburg loaf,,..which was named soon after the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Coburg-Gotha.
1955 Times 24 Mar. 4/3 An ‘oven bottom’ Coburg loaf—a loaf baked..on the floor of the oven or on the hearth rather than in a pan or tin.
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