单词 | pashmina |
释义 | pashminan.adj. A. n. 1. A garment, esp. a shawl, made from the fabric pashmina (sense A. 2).In quot. 1877 perhaps referring to pieces of pashmina, not necessarily made up as shawls. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > shawl > types of zephyr1774 zendaletto1789 rebozo1807 cashmere1822 India shawl1822 Paisley shawl1823 blanket shawl1837 pashmina1837 merino1839 Paisley1849 fascinator1853 phulkari1887 turn-over1891 manton1920 lappa1954 1837 H. Lawrence Jrnl. 13 Oct. (1980) 60 When we came halfway, you took off your own clothing, girded the Pushmina round your loins and put on my cloak to the great astonishment of the niggers, who stared at seeing a sahib so attired. 1877 H. C. Marsh Ride through Islam 195 Syads..are intrusted with valuable goods, such as silk and Pushmeenas. 1989 N.Y. Times 15 Jan. v. 10/3 Here are woolen shawls for less than $5, or more than $75 if you like the softest shawls known as pashminas. 1997 Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 10 Oct. Embroidered ‘pashminas’—luxury cashmere shawls—..displayed a new sensuality. 1999 Guardian 10 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 81 (advt.) The finest hand woven pashminas... Large Shawl... Extra Large Shawl... Scarves. 2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) i. 12 ‘Who's going to be fired?’ announces Wendy, throwing one half of her fuchsia pashmina over her shoulder. 2. A superior type of cashmere fabric made from pashm (or a blend of pashm and silk) and usually woven in South Asia. Also (occasionally): the soft goat's hair from which this fabric is made; = pashm n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > hair > [noun] camel's hairc1325 goat's hair1418 mohair1753 pashm1843 pashmina1850 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > fleece > [noun] > of goat pashm1843 pashmina1850 1850 Times 21 Jan. 5/2 He has invented a mode of..making the weavers manufacture, without pay, the pushmeena he is enabled to collect on his own account. 1872 B. H. Baden-Powell Hand-bk. Manuf. & Arts Punjab II. 33 Pashmína in its natural state..is white. 1911 Encycl. Brit. 814/2 Embroidered shawls..in which over a ground of plain pashmina is worked by needle a minute and elaborate pattern. 1953 R. Godden Kingfishers catch Fire v. 63 The shawl was woven in paschmina taffeta twist, of the softest goat-tip wool. 2002 P. Clabburn Shawls (ed. 2) 6 The goat sheds its wool fleece, known as pashmina, at the beginning of summer. B. adj. Made from pashmina. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > hair > [adjective] > made of hairen971 hairy1535 mohair1635 goat's hair1642 Angora1722 Angola1790 pashmina1865 1865 Times 6 Nov. 15/1 (advt.) The poshmina cloth coat. 1879 Globe Encycl. V. 596 Those [shawls] wherein the foundation of plain pashmina cloth is alone loom-woven. 1908 Imperial Gazetteer India (new ed.) XV. 305 A colony of Kashmīrī weavers who weave pashmīna shawls. 1930 O. Lattimore High Tartary 343 The underwool of goats is also exported from Turkestan to kashmir, where it is mixed with similar wool from Ladakh to make the very fine, soft pashmina tweeds. 1995 Vogue Dec. 58/1 If I go into a shop to buy a pashmina shawl for my mother, for example, they won't let me pay—and these are expensive things. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1837 |
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