† cottonedadj.
/ˈkɒt(ə)nd/ Obsolete.
1. Of cloth: Having a nap, friezed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > with pile or nap
napped1440
cottoned1488
nappyc1500
friezed1509
pily1529
piled1590
brushed1926
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 164 viii elne of cotonyt quhit clath to lyne the saim hos.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Panno accottonato, cottoned or freezed cloth.
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Loba frizada A freeze cassock, or cottoned cassocke.
2. Of a plant: Clothed with down.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair
beardedc1450
downy1551
cottoned1578
friezed1578
maned1578
woolly1578
hairy1597
bristle-pointed1601
comous1657
fimbrious1657
tomentous1657
shagged1671
tomentose1698
crinated1724
villose1727
hispid1753
pubescent1760
setose1760
villous1766
lashed1776
silky1776
strigous1776
sericeous1777
awny1786
awned1787
strigose1793
shaggy1796
stupose1799
thready1804
feather-headed1821
setous1822
aristate1829
filamentous1835
fimbriate1836
puberulent1841
puberulous1841
sericated1848
barbate1853
strigillose1857
fimbrilliferous1866
ciliolate1870
fimbrillose1884
strigulated1899
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xii. 20 The stem or stalke is..as it were cottoned with fine heare of a span long.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
<
adj.1488