greige goods
English
editEtymology
editFrom greige (“of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed”) + goods.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ ˈɡʊdz/, /ɡɹɛʒ-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ ˈɡʊdz/, /ɡɹɛʒ-/, /ɡɹeɪ-/
- Rhymes: -ʊdz
Noun
edit- (textiles) Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed.
- Synonyms: gray goods, greige, grey goods
Translations
editclothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed
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References
edit- ^ “greige goods, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Further reading
edit- greige goods on Wikipedia.Wikipedia