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English
Etymology 1
Noun
pearlings
- plural of pearling
Etymology 2
Probably a corruption of purflings. See purfle.
Noun
pearlings pl (plural only)
- (Scotland) A kind of lace of silk or thread.
1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Tales of My Landlord, , volume II (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, ; London: John Murray, , →OCLC, page 217:And d'ye hear, Gudyill, let Jenny Dennison slip on her pearlings to walk before my niece and me, and the three women to walk behind; and bid my niece attend me instantly.
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