pearlings en · NOUN · etymology 1
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of pearling
form of pearling
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pearlings en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
Probably a corruption of purflings. See purfle.
Meanings
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(Scotland, archaic, plural, plural-only) A kind of lace of silk or thread, considered elegant at the time.
And d'ye hear, Gudyill, let Jenny Dennison slip on her pearlings to walk before my niece and me, and the three women to walk behind; and bid my niece attend me instantly.
1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume II (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 217:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pearlins | alternative | lexicographic |