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Definition of palampore in English: palamporenoun ˈpaləmpɔːˈpaləmˌpôr mass nounIndian 1A type of chintz cloth used, especially formerly, for bedspreads, wall hangings, etc. Example sentencesExamples - Only the wealthiest classes could afford to buy palampore.
- Artist Andrew Daniel was inspired in his design by palampore tapestries.
- 1.1count noun A bedspread made from palampore.
Example sentencesExamples - It is clear that the first American ship to sail to India came home with a cargo that included palampores.
- These two palampores with an almost identical central palm tree and bamboo designs have very different borders, and date to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
- The term palampore appears very infrequently in these advertisements, but we know that many were imported into the colonies.
- The tree of life design on the palampore in Plate VI, with branches blooming in an impossibly diverse and bizarre collection of flowers, is typical of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
- Another late eighteenth-century palampore was generously donated recently.
Origin Late 17th century: origin uncertain; perhaps from Portuguese palangapuz(es) plural, from Urdu, Persian palangpoš 'bedcover', or perhaps from Pālanpur, a town in Gujarat, India. Definition of palampore in US English: palamporenounˈpaləmˌpôr Indian 1A type of chintz, used especially for bedspreads. Example sentencesExamples - Only the wealthiest classes could afford to buy palampore.
- Artist Andrew Daniel was inspired in his design by palampore tapestries.
- 1.1 A palampore bedspread.
Example sentencesExamples - These two palampores with an almost identical central palm tree and bamboo designs have very different borders, and date to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
- It is clear that the first American ship to sail to India came home with a cargo that included palampores.
- Another late eighteenth-century palampore was generously donated recently.
- The tree of life design on the palampore in Plate VI, with branches blooming in an impossibly diverse and bizarre collection of flowers, is typical of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
- The term palampore appears very infrequently in these advertisements, but we know that many were imported into the colonies.
Origin Late 17th century: origin uncertain; perhaps from Portuguese palangapuz(es) plural, from Urdu, Persian palangpoš ‘bedcover’, or perhaps from Pālanpur, a town in Gujarat, India. |