单词 | kajang |
释义 | kajangn. Matting made from the leaves of palms or pandanus. 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 other vegetable fibres > [noun] > matting mat1523 matting1618 kajanga1811 a1811 J. Leyden tr. Malay Ann. (1821) viii. 261 Raja Ahmed..flew a huge kite, as big as a cajang, (or tent folding screen). 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vi. 369 The Rhio gambier is often adulterated with sago, and rendered heavier by the Chinese purposely packing it in baskets lined with wet cajangs. 1845 J. Brooke Jrnl. 1 Feb. in H. Keppel Expedition Borneo (1846) II. vi. 131 The number of fallen trees..obliged us to quit our boat, and remove all the kajang covers. 1848 F. S. Marryat Borneo 63 The Malay war-boat..is built of timber at the lower part, the upper is of bamboo, rattan, and kedgang (the dried leaf of the Nepa palm). 1901 A. C. Haddon Head-hunters 299 The roof was covered with kajangs from the boats. 1904 E. H. Giglioli tr. O. Beccari Wanderings Forests Borneo 223 Sampans have generally a roofing of ‘kadjan’, a sort of matting made with palm or pandanus leaves. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. 503/1 Under the kajang (native rush matting) covering. 1959 ‘M. Derby’ Tigress iv. 161 The kajang-maker, who wove waterproof strips of matting of screw-pine leaves for roofing boats and carts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1811 |
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