† ˈfarandine Obs.
Also 7 fara-, faren-, farin-, farran-, ferrandine, farrender, far(r)endon, farwendine, 8 farandain.
[a. F. ferrandine, said to be f. Ferrand name of the inventor c 1630 (Littré Suppl.).]
a. A kind of cloth used in the seventeenth century, made partly of silk and partly of wool or hair. b. A dress made of this material. Also attrib.
| 1663 Pepys Diary 28 Jan., Her new ferrandin waiste⁓coate. 1666 Lady Hatton in Hatton Corresp. (1878) I. 50 Farrender for a gowne. 1668 Sedley Mulberry Gardens v. i, I must..wear black farandine the whole year about. 1672 Wycherley Love in Wood v, I know a great Lady that cannot follow her husband abroad..because her Farrandine is so ragged. 1685 Lond. Gaz. No. 2078/4 Six Bredths of Peach-Colour Faradine. 1673 Fountainhall in Suppl. Dec. (1826) III. 2 Farandains..are part silk, part hair. |