α. 1700s– perpet.
β. 1700s purpit.
perpetn.
/ˈpəːpᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpərpət/ Now historical.
= perpetuana n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > stout or durable > perpetuana
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1704 J. Smith Let. 6 Feb. in Churchill's Coll. Voy. (1732) V. 446/1 One captain Normanton, in a brigantine bound for Jamaica, who first sold blue perpets for five angels each.
1726 N. Uring Hist. Voy. & Trav. 150 The goods they received was purpits, old sheets, caggs of tallow,..and powder.
1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. i. 56 The County of Essex..is chiefly taken up with the great Manufacture of Bayes and Perpets.
?1793 P. Boyle Gen. London Guide 142 Portugal takes from England..all other sorts of stuffs, as perpets, kerseys, flannels, &c.
1886 S. W. Beck Draper's Dict. 247 Perpets, or Long Ells. According to De Foe, made at Tiverton and other places in Devonshire.
a1953 E. Schumpeter Eng. Overseas Trade Statistics (1960) 69 (heading) Exports of perpets and serges by geographical divisions, 1700 to 1800.
1995 Econ. Hist. Rev. 48 582 (table) Woollen ratings and prices, 1660–1709 (£ sterling)... Perpets serge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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