单词 | mantua |
释义 | Mantuan.1 Now historical. I. Compounds. 1. Designating a fabric (esp. silk) or an article of clothing of a type originally manufactured in Mantua. 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 silk > [noun] > types of > other camaca1338 eburgese1558 mantua1678 shagreen1702 brilliant1719 Mantua1731 sayette1770 Peking1776 throwns1828 satin de chine1833 satin de Lyon1868 Florence1882 taffetine1884 Milanese silk1897 Pompadour sheeny1902 météor1908 1562 in H. E. Rollins Pepys Ballads (1930) IV. 31 Their trade won't afford them a new Mantua gown. 1566 Accts. Treasurer Scotl. f. 120 xiiij mantuay bonettis the pece xiij s. iiii d. a1618 Bk. Rates H 3 b Hose of Cruell vocat. Mantua hose, the paire, iiijs. 1731 in J. R. Planché Cycl. Costume (1876) I. 363 A rose-coloured paduasoy mantua, lined with a rich Mantua silk of the same colour. 1755 Stow's Survey of London (ed. 6) II. v. xxx. 561/1 It must be a very poor Woman that has not a Suit of Mantua Silk..to appear abroad in on Holydays. c1765 in J. P. Malcom Manners London (1810) II. 347 A scarlet-flowered damask Mantua Petticoat. 1790 M. Holyoke in G. F. Dow Holyoke Diaries (1911) 121 Bought my Black Mantua Silk Gown. 1934 E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxv. 25 Mantua cloth being cheap, as in countries circumjacent. 1937 Textile Mercury & Argus Aug. 232/1 Mantua cloth, a silk fabric in plain weave... Of Italian production. II. Simple uses. 2. A fabric (probably a kind of rich silk) of a type originally made in Mantua. ΘΚΠ 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 1699 in H. C. De Lafontaine King's Mus. (1909) 436 For 31 yards of crimson mantua for curtains to draw round the organ loft. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4540/6 The best broad Italian colour'd Mantua's at 6s. 9d. per Yard. 1764 A. Anderson Hist. Origin Commerce II. 181 The Silks called Alamodes and Lustrings were entirely owing to them [sc. French refugees of c1685]; also Brocades, Sattins, black and coloured Mantuas. 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 426 20 yards mantua. 1808 in Antiques 52 268 They are made of the best crimson mantua which I hope will give satisfaction. 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 219 Mantua, 17th and 18th century fabric, thought to be rich silk from Mantua, Italy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mantuan.2 Now historical. A kind of loose gown worn by women, fashionable esp. in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Occasionally attributive, in mantua cloth, mantua gown, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > other overslopOE golionc1290 jupec1290 herigaut1297 rocketc1300 tabardc1300 rocheta1325 suckeny?a1366 hanselinc1386 slopc1386 stolea1387 houpland1392 frockc1400 gipec1400 under-frock1547 vochette1548 shirt1553 rubashka1587 camis1590 gorbelly1598 kebaya1598 tunic1609 sotana1622 supertunic1626 simar1636 manteau1638 peplum1656 peple1658 semar1673 mantua1678 manty1678 mant1694 vest1700 banian1725 galabiya1725 peplos1738 paletota1796 pellard1799 blouse1828 chiton1850 diploidion1850 shirtwaist1859 camorra1869 diplois1887 smock1907 kurta1913 Punjabi1937 kameez1955 kente cloth1957 camouflage smock1964 kanzu1969 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > other camaca1338 eburgese1558 mantua1678 shagreen1702 brilliant1719 Mantua1731 sayette1770 Peking1776 throwns1828 satin de chine1833 satin de Lyon1868 Florence1882 taffetine1884 Milanese silk1897 Pompadour sheeny1902 météor1908 1678 London Gaz. No. 1287/4 One rich flowred Mantua lined with black, with a pair of very fine laced Sleeves. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 95/2 A Mantua, is a kind of loose Coat without any stayes in it. 1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer iii. i He has not seen me in my new Mantoa yet. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mantoe, or Mantua-Gown, a loose upper Garment, now generally worn by Women, instead of a straight-body'd Gown. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 80. ⁋3 Brunetta..came to a public Ball in a plain black Silk Mantua. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 329 A Mantua of a better kind of Callico. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xxxii The girls went off straightway to get together their best calamancoes,..mantuas, clocked stockings, and high-heeled shoes. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 341/1 Mantle Cloths. A term employed in trade to denote every description of cloth suitable for mantles, cloaks [etc.]. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean xv. 254 Elliott's sisters..were able to advise Peter in the article of Paris bonnets..and ribbons, mantuas, pelisses, mittens, caps. 1984 J. Nunn Fashion in Costume 63 In the 1670s, when the over-gown or mantua found favour, the boned bodice worn under it again became the stays and was an essential part of a lady's toilette for many years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11562n.21678 |
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