paisley
See also: Paisley
English edit
Etymology edit
From Paisley in Scotland, where shawls of this kind were woven in the 1800s.
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Noun edit
paisley (countable and uncountable, plural paisleys)
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motif
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fabric
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Adjective edit
paisley (not comparable)
- Made from this fabric, or marked with this design.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge:
- I shall be wearing a Paisley shawl with a red centre, and thus may easily be found.
- 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 173:
- He would be in his paisley silk dressing gown.