tātn.2
/tɑːt/ East India.
a. Coarse canvas made from various fibres, esp. jute, and used as sacking.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > canvas > for specific purpose
tuke1477
sarplier1565
sarp-cloth1580
medrinacks1588
sail-duck1776
rick cloth1800
tāt1820
coutil1853
tailor's friend1904
1820 Trans. Lit. Soc. Bombay 3 244 Made into coarse cloth taut, by the Brinjaries and people who use pack bullocks, for making bags (gonies) for holding grain, &c.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tat, a name in India for cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius. [Hence 1864 in Webster; and in later Dicts.]
b. In tea-drying: a tray or shelf, frequently of hessian, on which green tea leaves are spread to wither.
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the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > pan or tray for drying
tache1702
tāt1922
1922 H. J. Moppett Tea Manuf. 14 Withering tats must present a smooth even surface free from corrugations or pockets.
1922 H. J. Moppett Tea Manuf. 15 Insufficient tat space is a bad fault.
1935 W. H. Ukers All about Tea II. 515/1 Tat, a shelf made of wire or Hessian..on which green tea leaves are spread for withering.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 863/2 After plucking, the leaf is withered by being spread on bamboo trays in the sun, or on withering tats within doors.
1958 T. Eden Tea xiii. 150 Some factories have ‘mobile tats’. They are slung from pulleys travelling on overhead rails such that each individual bank of tats can be removed from its internal location and brought to a loading and weighing platform at any time.
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