tiretaine

See also: Tiretaine

French

Noun

tiretaine f (plural tiretaines)

  1. tartan

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1247[1], probably from tiret +‎ -aine.

Noun

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

  1. cloth made of wool mixed with another fabric

References

  1. ↑ “tiretaine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
  • 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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