单词 | pelong |
释义 | pelong|piːˈlɒŋ| [Derivation uncertain: perh. ad. Malay pĕlang striped.] A kind of material used for gowns worn in southern India.
1687Charter to Fort St. George (E. India Co.) f. 5v The said mayor and aldermen may always upon such solemn occasions wear scarlet serge gowns all made after one form or fashion..and that all the burgesses may upon such solemn occasions wear white pelong or other white silk gowns after one form or fashion to be agreed. 1798Acct. Interview Teshoo Lama & Capt. Samuel Turner 6, I advanced, and, as is the custom, presented a white pelong handkerchief. 1922C. Ilbert Govt. of India 23 The burgesses are, on these occasions, to wear white ‘pelong’, or other silk gowns. 1924E. Sitwell Sleeping Beauty i. 11 Pelongs, bulchauls, pallampores. 1928― Five Poems 15 Panōpe..Sees Asia, Parthenope, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Urania, Ausonia In feathered head-dresses as bright as sleep,..In pelongs, chelloes, and great palampores. |

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