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has gloss | (noun) a rough fabric of linen warp and wool or cotton woof linsey-woolsey |
has gloss | eng: Linsey-woolsey (less often, woolsey-linsey or in Scottish English, wincey) is a coarse twill or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft. Similar fabrics woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft in Colonial America were also called linsey-woolsey or wincey. The name derives form a combination of linen and woollen. This textile has been known since ancient times; the Bible twice explicitly bans Jews from wearing it. |
lexicalization | eng: linsey-woolsey |
subclass of | (noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" cloth, material, textile, fabric |
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lexicalization | hye: կիսաբրդյա կոշտ գործվածք |
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lexicalization | ukr: тарабарщина |
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similar | e/Linsey-woolsey |
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