单词 | parawai |
释义 | parawain. New Zealand. A traditional Maori flax cloak or mat of superior quality. Cf. korowai n., kaitaka n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > mat > types of tatami1614 bent-mat1615 bass-mat1727 bump1835 bast mat1837 parawai1847 brocade-matting1902 hooked mat1917 sit-mat1924 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > made of specific material pallOE rug1591 matchcoat1612 abolla1700 kaross1731 buffalo-robe1804 posteen1815 korowai1820 izar1836 buffalo1840 thatch-cloak1844 parawai1847 kaitaka1882 muzhik1897 burka1898 suba1911 1847 G. F. Angas Savage Life & Scenes Austral. & N.Z. I. 323 The other dress, called parawai, is exceedingly scarce; it comes from the Southern Island, and is made of strips of dog's fur, arranged indiscriminately all over a very large mat of the finest flax. 1860 T. Buddle Maori King Movement 29 Teira laid at His Excellency's feet a Parawai (a Taranaki Mat) as a symbol that the offer was accepted. 1914 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 44 147 At such a time our grandchild will be tohia; provide a parawai (fine cloak) for our grandchild to recline on. 1969 S. M. Mead Trad. Maori Clothing 50 Kaitaka (parawai) cloaks... Kaitaka is the eastern term used for this class, the western equivalent is parawai. 1985 M. Orbell Nat. World of Maori 46 (caption) Paratene Maioha is wearing a parawai, a rare kind of dogskin cloak made by sewing strips of fur to a cloak made of the finest flax. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847 |
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