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tartarin

tartarin noun: a type of fine woolen or silk fabric, probably imported, mentioned from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

Noun

tartarin (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A type of fine woolen or silk fabric, probably imported, mentioned from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
    • His palfrey was a steed of tartaryncirca 1374, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale

Forms of tartarin

alternative formtartaryn

Origin of tartarin

From Middle English tartarin, tartaryn, from Old French/Middle French tartarin (“Tartar, Tartarian”); see Tartar for more.

Questions about tartarin

What does tartarin mean?
Tartarin means a type of fine woolen or silk fabric, probably imported, mentioned from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
What part of speech is tartarin?
Tartarin is a noun.

Words near tartarin in the dictionary

  1. Tartarian lambs
  2. Tartarians
  3. tartaric
  4. tartaric acid
  5. tartaric acids
  6. tartarin
  7. tartarine
  8. tartarisation
  9. tartarise
  10. tartarised
  11. tartarises

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