Raines
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Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced.
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Noun edit
Raines (uncountable)
- (historical) A type of fine linen once imported from France.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke:
- There was a certayne riche man, which was clothed in purple, and fine raynes, and fared deliciously every daye.
Proper noun edit
Raines
- A surname.
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Raines