Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of cloth, partly of silk and partly of wool or hair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stuff made of silk and wool.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stuff made ofsilk andwool .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Be this as it may, I was walking joyously beside my aunt that beautiful Easter morning, and part of the joy in my heart was for the beautiful puce-colored ferrandine that sat so well and had an air of distinction I was sure no other clothes of mine had ever had, for these were made in Paris.
The Rose of Old St. Louis Mary Dillon
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The next morning was Easter, and, dressed in a new suit of puce-colored ferrandine, with fresh ruffles of finest lace, and a new plume in my hat, I walked decorously beside my aunt through the thronged streets, every one dressed in his best and every one going the same way -- to the Church of the Madeleine, to see the First Consul attend service.
The Rose of Old St. Louis Mary Dillon
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On dress of precious ferrandine/of silk from Araby.
The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914
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65 “Ferran”, a gray colored cloth of silk and wool; from O.F. “ferrandine”.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
hernesheir commented on the word ferrandine
One for those who list varieties of fabric.
November 27, 2012