bawneen, bauneen
(ˈbɔːniːn)
[ad. Irish báin{iacu}n undyed flannel, f. bán (báin-) white.]
In Ireland: a sleeved waistcoat made from undyed flannel worn by farm-labourers. Also attrib.; bawneen yarn, a coarse light fawn unwashed knitting-wool.
| 1910 Month CXV. 66 The last rays of the setting sun fell slanting, lighting up the white bauneen of the turf cutters. 1919 Yeats Two Plays for Dancers 2 He seems an Aran fisher, for he wears The flannel bawneen and the cow-hide shoe. 1958 Observer 19 Jan. 11/2 Tweed car-coats will be lined in firm handknits, some in the ‘bawneen’ yarn which washes so magnificently. 1967 N. Fitzgerald Affairs of Death x. 164, I bought cigars, a bawneen sweater and..a cuddly toy. |