Dimity
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A short dictionary-style encyclopedia entry defining dimity as a thick cotton cloth, usually striped or patterned in the loom. It gives the word's etymology from Greek and Latin roots meaning a double thread, and notes its uses for women's dress, bed furnishings and window curtains, and that it is rarely dyed.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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