palamporeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• palampoor, palempore

語源

From Hindi पलंग पोश (palaṅg poś, “coverlet”), from पलंग (palaṅg, “bed”) + early modern Persian پوش‎ (“cover”).

名詞

palampore (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 palampores)

1. (now historical) A rich cotton cloth, originally made in India, used for bedspreads and shawls. [from 17th c.]
   • 1816, William Beckford, Vathek, Oxford 2013, p. 41:

     He fancied, however, that he perceived, amongst the brambles and briars, some gigantic flowers but was mistaken: for these were only the dangling palampores and variegated tatters of his gay retinue.