| 单词 | white straits |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite straits white straits n. now historical a kind of coarse cloth made in Devon; (with plural agreement) lengths of this; cf. strait n. 9. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > coarse or rough > from specific place white straits1513 carpenel1523 Carpmeal1610 Yorkshire1717 Melton cloth1882 1513–14 Acts 5 Henry VIII (?1533) c. 2. sig. E Where..Clothes called white straites be..made within the said countie [of Devon]. 1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Aaaa1v White Straits, a kind of course Cloth made in Devonshire, about a yard and half a quarter broad, raw. 1743 J. Grove Hist. Life & Times Cardinal Wolsey II. 207 To direct the Length and Breadth of White Straits made in Devonshire. 1954 W. G. Hoskins Devon xi. 202 The tin went mostly from the Cornish ports, the cloth (a poor quality known as white straits) from Devon. 1985 E. Kerridge Textile Manufactures in Early Mod. Eng. iii. 27 ‘White straits’ were made at first fifteen yards long and four-and-a-half quarters wide. < as lemmas |
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