单词 | crin |
释义 | crinn. Horsehair braid; a fabric made from horsehair, alone or in combination with another fibre; an artificial substitute for this; = crinoline n. 1.Crin is a firm but flexible material used for stiffening clothes, upholstery, hat-making, etc. It is now frequently produced using a polyester filament substitute for horsehair. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > hair and cotton or linen crinoline1829 bergamot1882 crin1900 1686 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 155 3¼ yards of druggett..30 yards of Crin..5 paire of canvas sheetes. 1862 Manch. Weekly Times 1 Nov. (Suppl.) 456/1 The most fashionable autumnal bonnets are black crin (horsehair). 1900 Daily News 9 June 6/6 The crin or horsehair (sometimes called crinoline) hat is poetic enough. 1923 Daily Mail 9 Feb. 11 A similar shape of blue crin straw and satin ribbon. 1963 Times 3 June 11/5 A beret of crin sprinkled with chenille bobbles. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Aug. Evening dresses from this fall's collection, hand-pleated in silk, chiffon and crin (horsehair to you), will be made to measure. Compounds crin vegetal n. (also crin végétal) = vegetable horsehair n. at vegetable adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [noun] > vegetable fibre > other plant fibre palmite1555 coir1582 pita1648 kitul1681 silk-cotton1697 pita-thread1748 abaca1751 khus khus1798 gomuti1811 coco fibre1813 Manila hemp1814 pineapple fibre1834 moog1840 piassava1841 Para grass1850 raffia1850 African hair1851 ambari1851 diss1855 munj1855 monkey grass1858 crin vegetal1859 mung1866 lauhala1880 bass?1881 raphia bast1882 istle1883 raphia grass1885 settler's twine1898 tucum1901 Manila fibre1921 bassine1923 sotol1942 1859 J. W. Blakesley Four Months in Algeria v. 109 About 150 of them were at work, the most employed in making crin végétal. 1931 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 3 Dec. 1/5 The other commodities on which present rates wil remain are..crin vegetal, flax upholstery, tow and Spanish moss. 2001 G. E. Wickens Econ. Botany xiv. 267 Stuffing and upholstery materials, including vegetable fibre or crin végétal from Chamaerops humilis (dwarf fan palm). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1686 |
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