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Delft en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛlft/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Delft. Piecewise doublet of delved.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Blue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.
   • Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief. 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

Delft en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛlft/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Delft. Piecewise doublet of delved.

Meanings

1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.
2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Deriveds

delft