TERMINE PREFERITO
Shawl
DEFINIZIONE
- n. From the Persian "shāl", first adopted by Urdu and other Indian languages and from them, into all European languages. Originally a fabric article worn by Asian people in the shape of a scarf, turban or girdle, manufactured in Kashmir. Nowadays it is a clothing article worn, mainly by women, as a covering for the head and/or shoulders. It is an oblong or square piece, of any textile or netted fabric that can be woven, knitter or crocheted by hand or machine from natural or manufactured fibres.
CONCETTO PIÙ GENERALE
ALTERNATIVE LABEL
- manila shawl
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Stevenson, Angus, ed. Oxford Dictionary of English. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015.
IN ALTRE LINGUE
Mante
francese
Scialle
italiano
Mantón
spagnolo
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/723
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