† vandelas Obs.
Forms: 6 vandelas, 7 -alas, -olose, -ulose.
[See def.]
A kind of strong coarse canvas, used esp. for sails, manufactured in the district of Brittany formerly called Le Vendelais.
| 1571 in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 137 For vandelas lxvij ells di.—lxvijs vj{supd}. 1572 Ibid. 167 For xx{supt}{supi}⊇ peeces of Vandelas to cover the Banketting howse. 1612 Ledger A. Halyburton (1867) 319 Vandolose or Vitrie canves the eln, x s. 1640 in Entick London (1766) II. 167 Linnens,..narrow vandales, or vittry canvas. 1657 Acts of Interregn. (1911) II. 1213 Vandalose or Vittry Canvas. |