† Ghentishadj.n.
A. adj.
Applied to certain textile fabrics originally made at Ghent.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [adjective]
Dundee1456
Rowan1488
Brugesc1503
northern1523
Ghentish1582
Naples1591
East Indy1600
Yeddo1866
toile de Jouy1885
1582 Rates Custome House (new ed.) sig. Cij v Gentish cloth the peece.
1758 B. Franklin Let. 19 Feb. in Wks. (1887) III. 7 Also..forty-three ells of Ghentish sheeting Holland.
B. n.
Used as a name for these.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric from specific place > [noun]
irislams1375
westvale1383
hinderland1465
ypir?1517
Normandy1529
Ghentish1545
mant1575
Scots cloth1581
northerna1592
turquesques1594
Westphalia1612
nilla1614
phota1616
Norwich stuff1618
Venus1629
nicanee1652
East India1659
caffoy1678
Bengal1681
Mantua1699
coffoy1703
Chello1712
negannepaut1725
Russia drab1741
Wilton1744
toile de Jouy1784
sorting-cloth1847
rum-swizzle1851
sarong1858
Yokohama1879
Turkoman1881
Mexican1883
kanga1895
Milanese1926
leso1961
1545 Rates Custome House sig. avij Carpettes called gentisshe the pece.
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