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rayadillo

rayadillo noun: a blue-and-white striped cotton or flannel material used to make the military uniforms worn by Spanish colonial soldiers from the mid 19th century until the early 20th Century.

Noun

rayadillo (uncountable)

  1. A blue-and-white striped cotton or flannel material used to make the military uniforms worn by Spanish colonial soldiers from the mid 19th century until the early 20th Century.

Origin of rayadillo

Borrowed from Spanish rayadillo (“striped cotton cloth”, literally “finely striped”), from rayar + -ado + -illo.

Questions about rayadillo

What does rayadillo mean?
Rayadillo means a blue-and-white striped cotton or flannel material used to make the military uniforms worn by Spanish colonial soldiers from the mid 19th century until the early 20th Century.
What part of speech is rayadillo?
Rayadillo is a noun.

Words near rayadillo in the dictionary

  1. ray-finned
  2. ray-gun
  3. ray-guns
  4. ray-woon
  5. raya
  6. rayadillo
  7. rayadito
  8. rayaditos
  9. Rayagada
  10. rayah
  11. rayahs

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