Re: Cherredary

[Joan Kiplinger <jkip@xxxxxxxxx>]

    Jill -- Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles definition -- mixed silk and
cotton cloth patterned with woven stripes or checks, first imported from
India  during the late 17th century. Later imitated in England. Also spelled
cherryderry [preferred],carridary and charadary.

Jill McDonough wrote:

> Hello-- I'm trying to find the meaning of "Cherredary."  I found it in a
> 1728 broadside describing the clothing of a runaway servant.  Here's the
> context:
>
> She wore off a Narrow Stript pinck Cherredary Goun turn'd up with a
> little flour'd red & white Callico.
>
> "Cherre" is an obsolete spelling of "cherry"; any further ideas?