tiretaine

See also: Tiretaine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiʁ.tɛn/

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Noun

tiretaine f (plural tiretaines)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) tartan
2.  (obsolete) coarse cloth made of wool mixed with another fabric

Further reading

• “tiretaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1247, probably from tiret (“rich cloth”) +‎ -aine.

Noun

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

1. cloth made of wool mixed with another fabric

References

• tiretaine on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tiretaine, supplement)