单词 | ripple cloth |
释义 | > as lemmasripple cloth ripple cloth n. cloth having a rippled appearance, esp. used in the making of warm houseclothes; cf. loop-work n. at loop n.1 Compounds 2 and zibeline n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > patterned > waved or watered wave work1601 moire1660 ripple cloth1862 1862 Baner ac Amserau Cymru (Denbigh) 3 Dec. 784/3 (advt.) The New Ripple Cloth, 27s. 6d., worth 42 s. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. 436 In housejacket of ripplecloth. 1922 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 12 (advt.) Ripple cloth. An ideal washing fabric for Ladies' Dressing Jackets and Dressing gowns. 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 276/1 Ripple cloth, woolen dress fabric with long silky hairs on right side. Also called zibeline. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn xvi. 139 Her old blue ripple-cloth dressing gown. 2000 A. Potts Sculptural Imagination ix. 346 In the central areas, a rectangular piece of ripple cloth has been dipped into liquid latex and left to set between slightly uneven plastic sheets. < as lemmas |
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