Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,. · A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf. · A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes. · A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
To use a scrim.
Attested since the end of the 18th century. Origin unknown. In one of the earliest mentions, "The Statistical Account of Scotland", 1793, by John Sinclair, page 593, we read in a paragraph devoted to weavers: "Besides these, they are now much employed in working a thin kind of coarse linen called Silesias, vulgarly Scrims, whereof each piece is 27 or 30 inches broad".
This page abbreviates 2 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "unk",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"title": "unknown"
},
"expansion": "unknown"
}
],
"links": [],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.",
"A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.",
"A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.",
"A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"recordId": "b95305f82ce29418d1592a5cf56a8de8e8fa708a8f3421db3d5bc387698f4e2f",
"rawRecordSha256": "ebe93d800af9039f4ad63e80e6e5babdf03a0047917202fe00bcbe546bb74a1a",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 233135
},
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To use a scrim."
],
"tags": [],
"recordId": "bb3f636a2eb617e3f6a32a82b3558ca4b91e4d7f7361efea41b0ae1ee199b20d",
"rawRecordSha256": "7207dc0cffac808136bbd626e3b41e0b9934acfc76bdb2bcde4d884126d4e6f2",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 233136
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 2,
"glosses": 0
}
}