PATOLA, s. Canarese and Malayal. pattuda, ‘a silk-cloth.’ In the fourth quotation it is rather misapplied to the Ceylon dress (see COMBOY).

1516.—“Coloured cottons and silks which the Indians call patola.”—Barbosa, 184.

1522.—“…Patolos of silk, which are cloths made at Cambaya that are highly prized at Malaca.”—Correa, Lendas, ii. 2, 714.

1545.—“…homems…enchachados com patolas de seda.”—Pinto, ch. clx. (Cogan, p. 219).

1552.—“They go naked from the waist upwards, and below it they are clothed with silk and cotton which they call patolas.”—Castanheda, ii. 78.

[1605.—“Pattala.”—Birdwood, Letter Book, 74.]

1614.—“…Patollas.…”—Peyton, in Purchas, i. 530.

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