spartery
English
Noun
spartery (countable and uncountable, plural sparteries)
- Braided plant fibers used in making hats.
- 1950, Tanzan Ishibashi, The Oriental Economist (volume 17, page 729)
- Hat Bodies: — Trade has been getting brisk of late for hat bodies and sparteries.
- 1950, Tanzan Ishibashi, The Oriental Economist (volume 17, page 729)