| 单词 | half-silk |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-silk half-silk n. a fabric woven from silk and another material, usually one with a main warp of linen and a weft of silk. [Compare post-classical Latin semisericum (15th cent. or earlier), semisericus (16th cent. in a British source), German Halbseide (1482).] ΘΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > made from specific types of yarn mixed cloth1696 slub1958 bouclé1960 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xli. 320 They make carpets and coverings, and other exquisite workes, which last long, and have a very faire lustre, like halfe silke [Sp. media seda]. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 66 Ladies, you are mistaken in the Stuff; 'tis half Silk. 1913 Times 27 June 26/3 Ribbons of all kinds from heavy Faille to Grège and half-silk. 2002 P. Clabburn Shawls 14 The manufacture of shawls had been ancillary to the ordinary weaving industries of mainly linen damasks in Edinburgh, worsteds and half-silks in Norwich, and muslins and gauzes in Paisley. half-silk half-silk n. ΚΠ 1738 Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 66 Ladies, you are mistaken in the Stuff; 'tis half Silk. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 217 No fewer than 443 silk-looms, 149 of half-silks. < as lemmas |
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