parramatta

parramatta
[ˌparəˈmatə]
(亦作 paramatta)
noun
  1. [mass noun]a fine-quality twill fabric with a weft of worsted and a warp of cotton or silk, used originally as a dress material and now particularly in the making of rubber-proofed garments
    毛葛；棉毛呢
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: named after Parramatta, a city in New South Wales, Australia, which was the site of a prison whose inmates manufactured the cloth for clothing supplied to the convict servants of settlers
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