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English
Etymology
From Hindi पलंग पोश (palaṅg poś, “coverlet”), from पलंग (palaṅg, “bed”) + early modern Persian پوش (“cover”).
Noun
palampore (countable and uncountable, plural palampores)
- (now historical) A rich cotton cloth, originally made in India, used for bedspreads and shawls.
1816, William Beckford, Vathek, Oxford, published 2013, page 41:He fancied, however, that he perceived, amongst the brambles and briars, some gigantic flowers but was mistaken: for these were only the dangling palampores and variegated tatters of his gay retinue.