gingham English · revision 1342

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɡɪŋ.əm/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|nl|gingang]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) a traders' rendering of a Malay word, ''genggang'' or ''ginggang'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) said to mean “striped”^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) or “with space between”,^(RHWU) and used of striped cloth.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995) The Century Dictionary, quoted by Etymonline, glossed it instead as “perishable, fading”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A cotton or linen cloth woven of dyed yarn, often in stripes or checks (1615).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word passed from the same source into French, Spanish, Italian and German.^(Etymonline) In English it was also used colloquially for an umbrella (1861), properly one covered with gingham.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1615 – a dyed cotton or linen cloth.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1793 – attributive use, as ''gingham frock''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1861 – colloquial, an umbrella.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[yarn]]-dyed cotton fabric in plain weave, usually striped or [[check|alt=checked]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(colloquial, dated)'' An umbrella.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

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