‖ herba Obs.
Also 6 yerua.
[Ital. herba, Pg. herva grass. Called panni d'herba by the Venetian merchant Cesare Federici in 1563.]
A sort of grass-cloth imported formerly from India.
| 1585 R. Fitch in Hakluyt Voy. II. 389 In this place [Orixa] is..great store of cloth which is made of grasse, which they call Yerua, it is like a silke. a 1692 H. Pollexfen Disc. Trade (1697) 98 Muslins, Persian Silks, Herba Taffaties, Herba Longees, Japan Ware. 1701 Lond. Gaz. No. 3737/4 Stuffs mixed with Silk or Herba. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. 397 Of Herba (a Sort of tough Grass) they make Ginghams, Pinascos, and several other goods for exportation. 1813 Milburn Orient. Comm. II. 221 Piece-goods form the staple commodity of Bengal..The following are the kinds imported..with the number of pieces allotted to a ton..Herba Taffaties 800. |