Chapter PIE to PIECE-GOODS of P by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

les ramoneurs; cette étoffe est faite de brebis noire et brune, sans aucune autre teinture.” And see N.E.D. s.v. Borrel. 3. Byrampauts. (See BEIRAMEE.) 2. Callawapores. 3. Callipatties.—H. Kali, ‘black,’ patti, ‘strip.’ 3. CAMBAYS. 3. Cambrics. 3. Carpets. 3. Carridaries. 2. Cattaketchies. 1. Chalias. (See under SHALEE.)

3. Charconnaes.—H. char-khana, ‘chequered.’ “The charkana, or chequered muslin, is, as regards manufacture, very similar to the Doorea (see DOREAS below). They differ in the breadth of the stripes, their closeness to each other, and the size of the squares.” (Forbes Watson, Textile Man. 78). The same name is now applied to a silk cloth. “The word charkhana simply means ‘a check,’ but the term is applied to certain silk or mixed fabrics containing small checks, usually about 8 or 10 checks in a line to an inch.” (Yusuf Ali, Mon. on Silk, 93. Also see Journ. Ind. Art. iii. 6.)

1683.—“20 yards of charkonnas.”—In Yule, Hedges’ Diary, Hak. Soc. i. 94.

2. Chavonis. 1. Chelloes. (See SHALEE.)

3. Chinechuras.—Probably cloth from Chinsura.

1.CHINTZ, of sorts.

3. Chittabullies.

3. Chowtars.—This is almost certainly not identical with Chudder. In a list of cotton cloths in the Ain (i. 94) we have chautar, which may mean ‘made with four threads or wires.’ Chautahi, ‘four-fold,’ is a kind of cloth used in the Punjab for counterpanes (Francis, Man. Cotton, 7). This cloth is frequently mentioned in the early letters.

1610.—“Chautares are white and well requested.”—Danvers, Letters, i. 75.

1614.—“The Chauters of Agra and fine baftas nyll doth not here vend.”—Foster. Letters, ii. 45.

1615.—“Four pieces fine white Cowter.”—Ibid. iv. 51.

3. Chuclaes.—This may be H. chakla, chakri, which Platts defines as ‘a kind of cloth made of silk and cotton.’

3. Chunderbannies.—This is perhaps H. chandra, ‘the moon,’ bana, ‘woof.’

3. Chundraconaes.—Forbes Watson has: “Chunderkana, second quality muslin for handkerchiefs”: “Plain white bleached muslin called Chunderkora.” The word is probably chandrakhana, ‘moon checks.’

3. Clouts, common coarse cloth, for which see N.E.D.

3. Coopees.—This is perhaps H. kaupin, kopin, ‘the small lungooty worn by Fakirs.’

3. Corahs.—H. kora, ‘plain, unbleached,

undyed.’ What is now known as Kora silk is woven in pieces for waist-cloths (see Yusuf Ali, op. cit. 76).

3. Cossaes.—This perhaps represents Ar. khassa ‘special.’ In the Ain we have khaçah in the list of cotton cloths (i. 94). Mr. Taylor describes it as a muslin of a close fine texture, and identifies it with the fine muslin which, according to the Ain (ii. 124), was produced at Sonargaon. The finest kind he says is “jungle-khasu.” (Taylor, op. cit. 45.)

3. Cushtaes.—These perhaps take their name from Kushtia, a place of considerable trade in the Nadiya District.

3. Cuttannees. (See COTTON.) 1. Dhooties. (See DHOTY.) 3. Diapers. 3. Dimities.

3. Doreas.—H. doriya, ‘striped cloth,’ dor, ‘thread.’ In the list in the Ain (i. 95), Doriyah appears among cotton stuffs. It is now also made in silk: “The simplest pattern is the stripe; when the stripes are longitudinal the fabric is a doriya. … The doriya was originally a cotton fabric, but it is now manufactured in silk, silk-and-cotton, tasar, and other combinations.” (Yusuf Ali, op. cit. 57, 94.)

1683.—“3 pieces Dooreas.”—Hedges, Diary, Hak. Soc. i. 94.

3.DOSOOTIES. 3. DUNGAREES. 3. Dysucksoys.

3. Elatches.—Platts gives H. Ilacha, ‘a kind of cloth woven of silk and thread so as to present the appearance of cardamoms (ilachi).’ But it is almost certainly identical with alleja. It was probably introduced to Agra, where now alone it is made, by the Moghuls. It differs from doriya (see DOREAS above) in having a substantial texture, whereas the doriya is generally flimsy. (Yusuf Ali, op. cit. 95.)

3. Emmerties.—This is H. amrati, imrati, ‘sweet as nectar.’

2. GINGHAMS .

2. Gudeloor (dimities).—There is a place of the name in the Neilgherry District, but it does not seem to have any cloth manufacture.

1. GUINEA STUFFS. 3. Gurrahs.—This is probably the H. garha: “unbleached fabrics which under names varying in different localities, constitute a large proportion of the clothing of the poor. They are used also for packing goods, and as a covering for the dead, for which last purpose a large quantity is employed both by Hindoos and Mahomedans. These fabrics in Bengal pass under the name of garrha and guzee.” (Forbes Watson, op. cit. 83.)

3. Habassies.—Probably P. ’abbasi,