Dunstern.

Brit.

/ˈdʌnstə/, U.S.

/ˈdənstər/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dunster.

Etymology: < Dunster, the name of a small town in Somerset, a centre of the wool trade and cloth production in the medieval and early modern periods.

historical in later use.

A type of woollen cloth manufactured in the village of Dunster in Somerset; a piece of this cloth as a commercial item.

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 wool > [noun] > from specific place

staminc1440

Florence1483

Taunton1499

bridgwaterc1503

tostocke1511

Tavistock1535

drab1541

Dunster1546

wadmal1572

pinwhite1604

Drap-de-Berry1619

cantaloon1711

West of England1840

Spanish stripes1875

1546 J. Smythe Ledger (1974) 278 Itm. r. 10 Dunsters of Henry Lowghford for payment of 4 buttes at £5 the but.

1606–7 Act 4 James I c. 2 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 1138 Dunsters made in the Westerne partes of Somersetsheire.

1650 Act for Redempt. of Captives 133 Tauntons, Bridgewaters, and Dunsters, the five not exceeding 64. pound in weight.

1859 J. Murray Handbk. Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, & Somersetshire (new ed.) iii. 242 The racks for drying the cloth, or ‘Dunsters’, formerly made in this neighbourhood.

1927 A. Friis Alderman Cockayne's Project i. 66 In 1624 the exports from Exeter..[included] dunsters, pinwhites, cardinals and Bridgewaters.

2008 Somerset Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. 151 170/1 About eight tons of ‘Dunsters’ were exported through the port [of Bristol] in the 1540s.

Compounds

attributive. Designating a type of woollen cloth manufactured in the village of Dunster in Somerset, as Dunster cloth, Dunster cotton.

ΚΠ

1601 Act 43 Elizabeth I c. 10 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 975 Dunster Cotton hereafter shalbe by this presente Acte intended and taken to be of like weighte lengthe and breadth as Taunton and Bridgewater Clothe.

1846 I. T. Hewlett Dunster Castle I. ix. 141 I, who am parcel-dry, and somewhat cheered by a jack of ale, slightly spiced, will borrow a wrapper of good Dunster broad-cloth from mine host.

1975 W. T. MacCaffrey Exeter, 1549–1640 167 [Devon dozens] were rivaled by other West Country cloths, bays, Dunster cloth, perpetuanoes, and serge.

2001 L. Purdom Southern Eng. 277/1 Built for the sale of Dunster cloth, the Yarn Market, High Street, is an eight-sided market hall dating from the seventeenth century.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dunster
释义	Dunstern. Brit. /ˈdʌnstə/, U.S. /ˈdənstər/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dunster. Etymology: < Dunster, the name of a small town in Somerset, a centre of the wool trade and cloth production in the medieval and early modern periods. historical in later use. A type of woollen cloth manufactured in the village of Dunster in Somerset; a piece of this cloth as a commercial item. 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 wool > [noun] > from specific place staminc1440 Florence1483 Taunton1499 bridgwaterc1503 tostocke1511 Tavistock1535 drab1541 Dunster1546 wadmal1572 pinwhite1604 Drap-de-Berry1619 cantaloon1711 West of England1840 Spanish stripes1875 1546 J. Smythe Ledger (1974) 278 Itm. r. 10 Dunsters of Henry Lowghford for payment of 4 buttes at £5 the but. 1606–7 Act 4 James I c. 2 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 1138 Dunsters made in the Westerne partes of Somersetsheire. 1650 Act for Redempt. of Captives 133 Tauntons, Bridgewaters, and Dunsters, the five not exceeding 64. pound in weight. 1859 J. Murray Handbk. Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, & Somersetshire (new ed.) iii. 242 The racks for drying the cloth, or ‘Dunsters’, formerly made in this neighbourhood. 1927 A. Friis Alderman Cockayne's Project i. 66 In 1624 the exports from Exeter..[included] dunsters, pinwhites, cardinals and Bridgewaters. 2008 Somerset Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. 151 170/1 About eight tons of ‘Dunsters’ were exported through the port [of Bristol] in the 1540s. Compounds attributive. Designating a type of woollen cloth manufactured in the village of Dunster in Somerset, as Dunster cloth, Dunster cotton. ΚΠ 1601 Act 43 Elizabeth I c. 10 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. ii. 975 Dunster Cotton hereafter shalbe by this presente Acte intended and taken to be of like weighte lengthe and breadth as Taunton and Bridgewater Clothe. 1846 I. T. Hewlett Dunster Castle I. ix. 141 I, who am parcel-dry, and somewhat cheered by a jack of ale, slightly spiced, will borrow a wrapper of good Dunster broad-cloth from mine host. 1975 W. T. MacCaffrey Exeter, 1549–1640 167 [Devon dozens] were rivaled by other West Country cloths, bays, Dunster cloth, perpetuanoes, and serge. 2001 L. Purdom Southern Eng. 277/1 Built for the sale of Dunster cloth, the Yarn Market, High Street, is an eight-sided market hall dating from the seventeenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1546
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