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Topic Options #67149 - 04/23/02 09:06 PM Diaper wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Not unusual, but to me interesting: Diaper: 1) Surface ornament of repeated straight-sided geometrical shapes, lozenge, triangle, etc. (Martindale, Andrew. Gothic Art, 268) 2) All-over decoration of surfaces with small pattern such as flowers in squares, lozenges, etc. Carved examples characteristic of the 13th and 14th centuries; in the 15th century used for painted ornament. Perhpas derived from patterned cloth from Ypres in Belgium (Dyaper, i.e. D'Ypres). (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 411) Top #67150 - 04/24/02 07:48 AM Re: Diaper Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/30/01 Posts: 6296 Loc: Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, this is news to me, Bill. Think I'll go looking for some pictures of these diapers. Thanks for this very interesting etymology! WW Top #67151 - 04/24/02 08:14 AM Re: Diaper of troy Carpal Tunnel Registered: 10/17/00 Posts: 5400 Loc: rego park as a person who is old enough to remember cloth diapers.. i remember they weren't-- they were Diaper cloth -- used to wrap up a babies behind! diaper cloth could be purchased by the yard, cut and hemmed, and used, but by the late 1950's most women were buying ready made "diaper cloths" Fabric already cut to size, and hemmed. they made diapers out of the these diaper cloths! diaper cloth is a textured weave, (birds eye was one popular weave, waffle another--my mother preferred birds eye) of soft cotton. I am sure there were other textures as well. the name is total consistant with the 1st defination.. (and the bit in red) Birds eye weave seemed to be a series of nesting boxes.. it was squares, created by the cross threads.. not really circle or any roundness. _________________________ my other obsession Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7253 Members 16 Forums 12808 Topics 189620 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (AnnaStrophic), 8 Guests and 23 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members W1343, lgroner, Mim, applebart, walknotrun 7252 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12527 Jackie 10392 tsuwm 9570 Buffalo Shrdlu 6688 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4187 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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