‖ duˈretto Obs.
Also -etta, -ette, -etty.
[a. It. duretto, dim. of duro hard:—L. duru-m hard.]
A coarse or stout sort of stuff; app. so named from its durable quality. Also attrib.
| 1619 Purchas Microcosm. xxvii. 269 The new deuised names of Stuffes and Colours..the lying names of Perpetuano and Duretto. 1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 27 These Mohelians..are cut and pinckt in several works, upon their duretto skins, face, armes, and thighs. 1639 Mayne City Match i. v. in Hazl. Dodsley XIII. 222, I never durst be seen Before my father out of duretta and serge. 1641 L. Roberts Treas. Traff. 41 Grograme-yarne of which is made Iames [? Janes], Grograms, Durettes, silke-mohers. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II, c. 4 Sched., Durance or Duretty. |