tiretaine

See also: Tiretaine

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiʁ.tɛn/
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Noun

tiretaine f (plural tiretaines)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) tartan
  2.  (obsolete) coarse cloth made of wool mixed with another fabric

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1247,[1] probably from tiret (“rich cloth”) +‎ -aine.

Noun

tiretaine oblique singular, f (oblique plural tiretaines, nominative singular tiretaine, nominative plural tiretaines)

  1. cloth made of wool mixed with another fabric

References
  1. Etymology and history of “tiretaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • tiretaine on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tiretaine, supplement)
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