surahn.
/ˈs(j)ʊərə/ A soft twilled silk fabric used for women's dresses.
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1873 Young Englishwoman May 234/1 Surah is a kind of twilled Indian silk tissue, extremely soft and brilliant.
1881 Truth 19 May 686/2 One [dress] of cream-coloured surah, brocaded in a design of rosebuds.
1883 A. S. Hardy But yet Woman 65 Stéphanie herself in her pale blue surah robe de chambre.
1893 Mrs. T. Coke Gentlewoman at Home vii. 102 ‘Sleezy’ silks, wispy surahs, or cottony velvets.
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