单词 | toilenette |
释义 | toilenetten.adj. Now historical. A. n. A kind of fine cloth with a silk or cotton warp and a woollen weft used esp. for fancy waistcoats and dresses in the 18th and 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ 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] > thin or fine tamin1552 rattinet1748 toilenette1789 cashmere1822 woollenette1825 beige1858 crystal1860 nun's cloth1883 1789 Morning Post 12 Jan. 4/1 (advt.) An elegant assortment of rich sattins, silks, velvets, toilenets, &c. for gentlemens' frock dresses, waistcoats. 1799 Hull Advertiser 12 Jan. 2/2 Waistcoat of kerseymere or toilenet. 1810 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1811) XIV. 47 With the broad-cloth, toilinets, waistcoat and breeches-stuff. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxviii His vest [was] a canary-coloured striped toilanette, with a slightly turned-down collar. 1904 Fibre & Fabric 19 Nov. 354/2 The first fancy waistcoatings were swansdowns and toilenettes, and were woven face-side down. 2001 Northern Echo (Nexis) 21 Feb. b6 The stock that the business carried in 1826..was immense..: rivett horn buttons, cambrick buttons, waistcoat wire, swansdown, toilanet, fancy patterned cord. B. adj. Of an item of clothing (esp. a waistcoat): made of toilenette. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of linsey-woolsey1483 kelter1562 buffin1572 marry-muff1604 tiffany1606 camlet1623 grogram1633 pepper-and-salt1774 toilenette1790 zephyrine1820 feather-mail1843 alpaca1853 khaki1857 ramie1899 marocain1922 sharkskin1957 Ultrasuede1973 1790 World 8 Dec. 1/2 (advt.) Superfine Toilenet Waistcoat. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 770/2 He appeared to be about thirty years old, well-dressed, in a genteel drab-coloured coat, toilenette waistcoat, fustian breeches [etc.]. 1807 Beau Monde Nov. 214/2 Striped toilinet waistcoats of clear distinct stripes, bound with silk binding. 1840 T. Chalmers Christian & Civic Econ. xxii The making of shawls and the making of toilinette waistcoats. 1849 New Monthly Mag. May 70 A small, striped, step-collared toilanette vest. 1982 M. MacKeever Lady Sweetbriar i. 2 Sir Avery Clough..whose figure was set off to good advantage by his morning coat..striped toilenette waistcoat..and Hessian boots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1789 |
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