shantung
See also: Shantung and Shan-tung
English
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東/山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.
Noun
shantung (countable and uncountable, plural shantungs)
- A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
- 1963, H. E. Bates, "Major of Hussars" in Seven by Five
- The yellow beer, the light shantung suit and the gleaming white teeth were all alight with the trembling silver reflections that sprang from the sunlight on the water.
- 1963, H. E. Bates, "Major of Hussars" in Seven by Five
- A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.
Descendants
- → Tagalog: siyantung
Anagrams
- T'ung-shan
French
Noun
shantung m (plural shantungs)
- Alternative spelling of chantoung
Further reading
- “shantung”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Noun
shantung m (plural shantungs)
- shantung
Tagalog
Noun
shantung
- Alternative spelling of siyantung