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单词 pinwhite
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pinwhiten.

Brit. /ˈpɪnwʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌ(h)waɪt/
Forms: 1600s pynwhites (plural), 1600s 1900s– pinwhite.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, white n.
Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin + white n. Compare earlier pinned adj.3 and discussion at that entry.Derivation from the Cornish place name Penwith has been suggested, but this seems unlikely.
Now historical and rare.
A coarse woollen narrow cloth produced in south-west England in the 17th cent. See also pinned adj.3
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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] > coarse or rough
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1604 Bk. Rates in A. Friis Alderman Cockayne's Project (1927) (App.) 434 Cardinalls Pynwhites Statuts Stockbriges [etc.].
1608 Rates Marchandizes sig. C2 Bridgewaters, Florentines, Cardinalls, Pinwhites.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo xxxvi. 195 Vpon Clothes to be shipped out, there is allowance made of the tenth Cloth for a wrapper, which payeth no Custome,..as three Northern Kersies for a Cloth,..six Cardinals, Pin-whites, [etc.].
1927 A. Friis Alderman Cockayne's Project i. 66 In 1624 the exports from Exeter..[included] dunsters, pinwhites, cardinals and Bridgewaters.
1958 W. T. MacCaffrey Exeter 1540–1640 vii. 161 Totnes specialized in coarse cloths, called narrow pin-white, while Barnstaple and Torrington were the home of baize.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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