pearlings
English
Etymology 1
Noun
pearlings
- plural of pearling
Etymology 2
Probably a corruption of purflings. See purfle.
Alternative forms
Noun
pearlings pl (plural only)
- (archaic, Scotland) A kind of lace of silk or thread, considered elegant at the time.
- 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:
- 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.
References
- “pearlings”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.