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Definition of Dimity
1. Noun. A strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains.
Definition of Dimity
1. n. A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.
Definition of Dimity
1. Noun. (context: dated in general use now textiles) A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dimity
1. a cotton fabric [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimity
Literary usage of Dimity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"... dirty white dimity curtains, and blow Scorn the insect that flutters in sunbeams
and bowers; Let the hater of sentiment, dew-drops. and flowers, ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"dimity, a white stuff. (L.-Gk.) Low L. dimita, silks woven with two threads.
— Gk. SÍ/UTOS, made with a double thread. — Gk. 2i-, double ; /uro?, ..."
3. Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian by Sarah (Smith) Emery (1879)
"in a handsome new suit looked as elegant as his equipage. White cambric or dimity
was the fashionable dress for such an ..."
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