单词 | bauneen |
释义 | bawneen, bauneen|ˈbɔːniːn| [ad. Irish báinín undyed flannel, f. bán (báin-) white.] In Ireland: a sleeved waistcoat made from undyed flannel worn by farm-labourers. Also attrib.; bawneen yarn, a coarse light fawn unwashed knitting-wool.
1910Month CXV. 66 The last rays of the setting sun fell slanting, lighting up the white bauneen of the turf cutters. 1919Yeats Two Plays for Dancers 2 He seems an Aran fisher, for he wears The flannel bawneen and the cow-hide shoe. 1958Observer 19 Jan. 11/2 Tweed car-coats will be lined in firm handknits, some in the ‘bawneen’ yarn which washes so magnificently. 1967N. Fitzgerald Affairs of Death x. 164, I bought cigars, a bawneen sweater and..a cuddly toy. |

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