rumaln.

Brit.

/rʊˈmɑːl/, U.S.

/ruˈmɑl/

Forms: 1600s rumall, 1600s–1800s romall, 1600s– romal, 1700s romaal, 1700s– rumal, 1800s romel, 1800s roomall, 1800s– roomal (now historical), 1800s– roomaul (now historical).

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu rūmāl; Persian rūmāl.

Etymology: < Urdu rūmāl, rumāl and its etymon Persian rūmāl < rū face (shortened < rūy (compare modern Persian rōy ); < the same Indo-European base as Old English lēodan to grow, spring up: see lede n.¹) + -māl (in compounds) wiping, rubbing ( < mālīdan to wipe, rub; of uncertain origin). N.E.D. (1909) enters this under Romal and gives the pronunciation as (romā·l) /rəʊˈmɑːl/.

Now historical.

1. (a) A thin, usually patterned silk or cotton fabric, of a type originally imported from India; a quantity of this (frequently in plural, sometimes treated as singular). Now historical. (b) A piece of this fabric, typically used as a handkerchief (also more fully rumal handkerchief) or a head-covering.

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1622 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 179 [He]..stole 2 peeces chint bramport, with 2 handkerchefs Rumall cottony.

1682 London Mercury 25–9 Aug. 2/1 Seven of their East-India Ships are arrived..and their Cargo runs thus... 1800 pieces of Romals.

1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 35 Romals, of which there are usually three sorts,..there is Silk Romals, there is Romals Garrub and Cotton Romals.

1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. I. 379 The French Protestants have set up a Linnen Manufacture [in Carolina]; and good Romalls are made here.

1777 C. Whitworth Reg. Trade Port of London II. 145 98 yds. Napkining, 30 Callicoes, 56 Chintz, 17 Romals, 25 Cambricks.

1847 W. W. Shreeve Sierra Leone 82 1 jug of rum, 2 to 4 bars; tobacco, 4 bars; romall, 1 piece; 1 1-10th keg powder.

1858 in Jrnl. Indian Hist. (1965) 143 629 She ties a Roomal round her head, after the fashion of the Pathans.

1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 285/1 Sophie was attired in pagns and a bouba mousso , and a romal handkerchief had been furnished her to wear on her head.

1904 W. Churchill Crossing 349 He mopped his brow with his blue rumal handkerchief.

1931 A. P. Wadsworth & J. De Lacy Mann Cotton Trade & Industr. Lancs. 151 The bejutapauts, negannepauts.., romals and more than twenty other varieties..were all coarse cottons in different colours, patterns and lengths, exported under their Indian names.

1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 950 While certain Indian textiles, such as the coarser checks..were favored, so also were the more expensive nicanees and romals.

2007 H. M. Bergsma One Way to Pakistan 64 [He] took out a soiled handkerchief, a rumal, and walked over to the two women.

2. The length of cloth used by Indian Thugs to strangle their victims.

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1832 Calcutta Mag. Sept. 507 No man can strangle till he has been regularly invested by the priest with the romal, or cloth with which it is performed.

1836 W. H. Sleeman Ramaseeana 145 It was Fatima who invented the use of the roomal to strangle the great demon Rukut-beej-dana.

1887 H. N. Crellin Tales of Caliph 153 The strangler, passing the roomal round his neck with the speed of lightning, strangled him in an instant.

1922 Chambers's Jrnl. May 342 The robber who was standing near the merchant threw the rumal or scarf over his head.

1983 S. Rushdie Shame v. 83 The breath-stopping silken rumal of a Thug.

2003 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 16 Oct. 15 All the thugs would fall upon their prey, strangling them with weighted, often exquisitely embroidered silk scarves (the dreaded rumal).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rumal
释义	rumaln. Brit. /rʊˈmɑːl/, U.S. /ruˈmɑl/ Forms: 1600s rumall, 1600s–1800s romall, 1600s– romal, 1700s romaal, 1700s– rumal, 1800s romel, 1800s roomall, 1800s– roomal (now historical), 1800s– roomaul (now historical). Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Urdu. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Etymons: Urdu rūmāl; Persian rūmāl. Etymology: < Urdu rūmāl, rumāl and its etymon Persian rūmāl < rū face (shortened < rūy (compare modern Persian rōy ); < the same Indo-European base as Old English lēodan to grow, spring up: see lede n.¹) + -māl (in compounds) wiping, rubbing ( < mālīdan to wipe, rub; of uncertain origin). N.E.D. (1909) enters this under Romal and gives the pronunciation as (romā·l) /rəʊˈmɑːl/. Now historical. 1. (a) A thin, usually patterned silk or cotton fabric, of a type originally imported from India; a quantity of this (frequently in plural, sometimes treated as singular). Now historical. (b) A piece of this fabric, typically used as a handkerchief (also more fully rumal handkerchief) or a head-covering. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head or neck or body > [noun] > kerchief > types of rumal1622 bandana1732 Barcelona1761 pulicat1768 fogle1811 kora1833 shawl-handkerchief1838 web1843 foulard1856 waterman1860 Malabar1882 Monteith1882 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or silk wad1540 rumal1622 wat1662 1622 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 179 [He]..stole 2 peeces chint bramport, with 2 handkerchefs Rumall cottony. 1682 London Mercury 25–9 Aug. 2/1 Seven of their East-India Ships are arrived..and their Cargo runs thus... 1800 pieces of Romals. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 35 Romals, of which there are usually three sorts,..there is Silk Romals, there is Romals Garrub and Cotton Romals. 1708 J. Oldmixon Brit. Empire in Amer. I. 379 The French Protestants have set up a Linnen Manufacture [in Carolina]; and good Romalls are made here. 1777 C. Whitworth Reg. Trade Port of London II. 145 98 yds. Napkining, 30 Callicoes, 56 Chintz, 17 Romals, 25 Cambricks. 1847 W. W. Shreeve Sierra Leone 82 1 jug of rum, 2 to 4 bars; tobacco, 4 bars; romall, 1 piece; 1 1-10th keg powder. 1858 in Jrnl. Indian Hist. (1965) 143 629 She ties a Roomal round her head, after the fashion of the Pathans. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 285/1 Sophie was attired in pagns and a bouba mousso , and a romal handkerchief had been furnished her to wear on her head. 1904 W. Churchill Crossing 349 He mopped his brow with his blue rumal handkerchief. 1931 A. P. Wadsworth & J. De Lacy Mann Cotton Trade & Industr. Lancs. 151 The bejutapauts, negannepauts.., romals and more than twenty other varieties..were all coarse cottons in different colours, patterns and lengths, exported under their Indian names. 1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 950 While certain Indian textiles, such as the coarser checks..were favored, so also were the more expensive nicanees and romals. 2007 H. M. Bergsma One Way to Pakistan 64 [He] took out a soiled handkerchief, a rumal, and walked over to the two women. 2. The length of cloth used by Indian Thugs to strangle their victims. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > handkerchief or bandage rumal1832 1832 Calcutta Mag. Sept. 507 No man can strangle till he has been regularly invested by the priest with the romal, or cloth with which it is performed. 1836 W. H. Sleeman Ramaseeana 145 It was Fatima who invented the use of the roomal to strangle the great demon Rukut-beej-dana. 1887 H. N. Crellin Tales of Caliph 153 The strangler, passing the roomal round his neck with the speed of lightning, strangled him in an instant. 1922 Chambers's Jrnl. May 342 The robber who was standing near the merchant threw the rumal or scarf over his head. 1983 S. Rushdie Shame v. 83 The breath-stopping silken rumal of a Thug. 2003 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 16 Oct. 15 All the thugs would fall upon their prey, strangling them with weighted, often exquisitely embroidered silk scarves (the dreaded rumal). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1622
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