holland
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.
Substantiv
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historischA type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.
I am convinced that many if not all the Quality in France wore shirts of the finest holand, for tho' I never saw of them strip I have seen what is an equivalent proof, I have seen on the Bulwarks of Paris above twenty entire shirts hanging to dry that the best Gentlemen in England might wear without disparagement.
His apartments were blank. Brown hollands covered his library-table
Herkunft
After Holland, where it originally came from. From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).
Formen
- Plural
- hollands
holidays · (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work,…holiness · The state or condition of being holy.Holiness · Used in connection with His or Your to address the leader of…
holland · A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.
Holland · A historical province of the Netherlands.holler · A yell, shout.Holler · A surname.