▪ I. surah
(ˈs(j)ʊərə)
[? repr. a pronunciation of Surat.]
A soft twilled silk fabric used for women's dresses.
| 1873 Young Englishwoman May 234/1 Surah is a kind of twilled Indian silk tissue, extremely soft and brilliant. 1881 Truth 19 May 686/2 One [dress] of cream-coloured surah, brocaded in a design of rosebuds. 1883 A. S. Hardy But yet a Woman 65 Stéphanie herself in her pale blue surah robe de chambre. 1893 [see sleazy a. 2 β]. |
▪ II. surah
variant of sura2.