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shantung
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of coarse silk, 1882, from Shantung province, in China, where the fabric was made. The place name is "east of the mountain," from shan (mountain) + dong (east). The mountain in question is Tan Shan. West of it is Shansi , from xi "west."
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shantung is a type of silk fabric historically from the province of Shandong . It is similar to Dupioni , but is slightly thinner and less irregular. Shantung is often used for bridal gowns.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk 2 A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics
Usage examples of shantung.
They were reported to be aggressively engaged in guerilla warfare against the enemy in the provinces of Shantung, Hopei, Shansi and north Kiangsu, although direct evidence was lacking because no foreigner accredited to Chungking was allowed to visit the area north of the quarantine line.
With the rail routes from Peiping blocked by the battle front, the journey now took eight days, first by sea around the Shantung peninsula, then via the Lunghai line to Chengchow, then southbound to Hankow.
They conquered Fushun, Liaoyang, Mukden, Shensi, Honan, Shantung, Kiangnan, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Szechuan, Fukien, Chinchou, Amur, and eventually Peking.
China weakened by a recent war with Japan, German military forces occupied the Chinese port of Tsingtao at the mouth of Kiaochow Bay and demanded a naval station there, with rights to railways and coal mines on the nearby peninsula of Shantung.
She and Mvfwany rose, buckling their gunbelts and donning the Shantung silk jackets they had picked up in China.
She wore a black shantung silk skirt and jacket beneath which peeped out an oyster white camisole edged with delicate open embroidery.