单词 | levant taffeta |
释义 | > as lemmasLevant taffeta C2. With sense ‘pertaining to or coming from the Levant’, as Levant feathers, Levant sea, Levant skin, Levant taffeta, Levant thrift (a plant). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Near East Levant1503 Levantine1649 Near Eastern1906 1503–4 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 239 Tua gret beddis of levand fedderis. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 482 Caryophyllus Mediterraneus. Leuant Thrift, or Sea Gilloflower. a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) ii. sig. D1v A sharpe Prognostication that shal scowre them..like leven taffaties. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3719/4 The Hon. Company of Merchants Trading to the Levant Seas. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 478 Sanuto..has left us a curious account of the Levant trade. < as lemmas |
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