Lexicographical Neighbors of Robings
Literary usage of Robings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1821)
"The robings now formed between the spars and the spindles are guided to that part
of their respective spindles where they are to remain ; and the spindles ..."
2. Records of Littleton, Massachusetts by Joseph Alfred Harwood, Samuel Smith (1900)
"... of John and Hannah Robins born June 16th 1741 Daniel Robins son of John &
Hannah Robins born January 19 1743 Perces robings Daughter of John & Hannah ..."
3. Costume of Colonial Times by Alice Morse Earle (1894)
"Round robins or robings were narrow ruffs about the collar or neck of the gown.
I find them usually offered for sale with cuffs and frequently also with ..."
4. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"The portrait of Mrs. Daniel Horry had some exceedingly delicate robings made ...
Some of these gowns with their fal-lals and robings show to me plainly the ..."
5. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"... or on either or both edges, and disposed in various waving, circling, or even
regular parallel forms on the gown or polonaise, were called robings. ..."
6. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX. by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"... or on either or both edges, and disposed in various waving, circling, or even
regular parallel forms on the gown or polonaise, were called robings. ..."
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