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barathea
Word definitions for barathea in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Barathea , sometimes spelled barrathea , is a soft fabric , with a hopsack twill weave giving a surface that is lightly pebbled or ribbed. The yarns use cover various combinations of wool, silk and cotton. Worsted barathea (made with a smooth wool yarn) ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barathea \Bar`a*the"a\, n. A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a soft fabric, made from various combinations of wool, silk and cotton, with a lightly ribbed surface
Usage examples of barathea.
He made no concessions to the warm weather: he wore a black barathea morning suit with a fancy brocaded waistcoat, and a loose tic with a silver pin through the knot.
Under the tight black barathea, under the held-in paunch, is the soul of conforming man.
The rather handsome young man standing to attention in his best barathea uniform and polished Sam Browne, pale-blue parachute wings over the pocket.
No doubt the uniform helped - a dark-blue battle-dress, made of barathea and cut in Savile Row, which was never intended for battle except in the bedroom perhaps.
His closely trimmed hair was grey at the temples and although most of the men flying that night would be wearing white roll-neck sweaters and stained battledress, Munro was never seen on duty in anything other than his well-tailored barathea with his hand-made shoes polished like patent leather.
His wide and fleshy chest under barathea or blue lounge suit moved grandly with deep breaths, as if always fresh from some exhilaration.