| 单词 | paisley shawl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPaisley shawl Paisley shawl n. a large, highly patterned shawl, of a type produced in large quantities in Paisley in the 19th-cent., typically woven (or sometimes printed) with designs inspired by similar shawls imported from Kashmir (now chiefly historical); (in later use also, more generally) any shawl decorated with a paisley pattern.Imports by the East India Company during the 18th cent. popularized patterned shawls of this type in Britain. With the introduction of the Jacquard loom at the beginning of the 19th cent. similar shawls began to be produced in Britain, and the town of Paisley became an important centre of production.In quot. 1822 not yet as a fixed collocation.extracted from Paisleyn.< as lemmas |
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