1 gen 1669 anni - diaper

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A cotton or linen fabric, decorated with a pattern composed of small geometric motifs, usually diamonds. The earliest references link it with fabrics of Byzantine or Levantine origin, and speculation that it might be from Ypres in Flanders has no historical or etymological basis (OED). It was used initially for towels, table-cloths and the like: 1437 <i>cum duobus towels de diaper</i>, York (SS30/62); 1567 <i>one Dosen of bordclothes whereof two of Dyap</i>[er], Fixby (YRS134/15); 1640 <i>a linen table cloth and a dyaper</i>, Elmswell (DW200). Diaper napkins are noted from the early sixteenth century: 1532 <i>vj napkyns of plane cloth and vj of diapar</i>, Hawton (SS106/28); 1535 <i>ij dosyn napkings of diaper</i>, Stillingfleet (YRS45/127); 1582 <i>iij dyper napkinges</i>, Faxfleet (Kaner 117). Note: 1669 <i>3 diber table cloths</i>, Selby (YRS47/36).

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