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Definition of Pina cloth
1. Noun. A fine cloth made from pineapple fibers.
Medical Definition of Pina cloth
1. A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc, made from the fibre of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pina Cloth
Literary usage of Pina cloth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Strange Adventures of Captain Quinton: Being a Truthful Record of the by Robert Quinton (1912)
"The natives manufacture the fiber of the younger plants into pina cloth, which
is so delicate that it resembles the finest gossamer or spider web; ..."
2. Visual Education: Teachers' Guide to Keystone "Primary Set." by Keystone View Company (1920)
"(e) Pina 108 Pineapple leaves from which pina cloth is made. 550 Philippines
wearing pina cloth. (f) Bark Cloth 570 Peeling bark for making bark cloth, ..."
3. The Technologist (1861)
"Another author says :— " In Manila the most expensive article of manufacture is
the pina cloth, made by the natives from the fibres of the pine-apple leaf; ..."
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