yedda
(ˈjɛdə)
Also yeddo.
[Origin unknown.]
A type of grass used for making straw hats (see quot. 1925). Freq. attrib., as yedda braid, yedda plait, yedda straw.
| 1918 C. R. Aiken Millinery Dept. 28 Yedda braid was first produced in Italy, but the Japanese have made an imitation... Yedda is a tall grass grown in Italy, Japan, and the Philippines. 1922 F. Anslow Pract. Millinery viii. 93 The Yedda plaits, made of Japanese and Chinese grass, are soft and pliable, and can be dyed in most beautiful shades, of which, perhaps, the mole, grey and blue are the most attractive. 1923 Sketch 9 May 300 Dove-grey yedda straw makes this attractive shady hat. 1925 N. Kneeland Millinery ii. 17 Yeddo is a tall grass grown in Italy, Japan, and the Philippines. The hats made from this fiber are loosely woven, light, and delicate. 1927 Daily News 20 June 2/4 A smart little hat of varnished black yedda straw. 1929 Millinery Trade Rev. May 46 A diversity of summer fabrics is being featured..as well as the ever popular straw items, Bakou, balibuntal, yedda, [etc.]. 1957 E. R. E. Langridge Textbk. Mod. Millinery vi. 62 Yeddo is a knotted straw made entirely by hand and worked up by the Swiss peasants in their houses. |