andrinople

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française, 1974

  Définition

  A fast, bright scarlet obtained from the madder plant. It is used much in cotton and woolen dyeing, after the stock has been chromemordanted. Present day turkey red is a brilliant synthetic dyestuff.

  Note :

  The original color, and the cloth of this name, came from Turkey.

  Terme :

  1. Turkey-red cloth