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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A cotton cloth of fine texture, usually with a plaid, striped, or checked pattern.
  2. n. A silk, generally striped, cloth.
  3. n. A light cotton cloth used for drapery.
  4. n. A similar cloth of rayon.
  5. n. A large handkerchief of brightly colored silk or cotton, often worn as a turban.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A large handkerchief of silk and cotton, usually in bright colors, used by the negroes in the West India islands and elsewhere for turbans, etc.
  2. n. A thin cotton cloth, generally corded or figured, used for shirts, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.
  2. n. A light patterned cotton fabric.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a light patterned cotton cloth
  2. n. a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras
  3. n. a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras

Etymologies

  1. From Madras. (Wiktionary)
  2. After Madras (Chennai), India. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ravages madras
    city
    and cloth
    and fashion
    and a state of mind. Dec 15, 2007

  • ravages City, actually
    Now Chennai.
    Dec 15, 2007

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