单词 | short staple |
释义 | > as lemmasshort staple short staple adj. having a short fibre, a commercial term applied to cotton of an inferior grade, also known as ‘upland cotton’; also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > cotton > [noun] > with short staple short staple1802 upland cotton1832 upland1858 short-silk1870 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > cotton > [adjective] > with long or short staple long-staple1587 short staple1802 short-stapled1834 1802 J. Simons Let. 15 Dec. in Papers of John Steele (1924) I. 341 Short Stable [sic], or Green seed Cotton if the best Quality, 16 cents. 1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation at Cotton 437/2 The ‘Georgian’, or ‘short-staple’, is [believed to be] the sea-island [variety of cotton] carried into the interior. 1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation at Cotton 438/1 The short staple cotton is more or less cultivated all the way from the southern borders of Virginia, to the southwestern streams of the Mississippi. < as lemmas |
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