chintz


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chintz/tʃɪnts/
noun printed multicoloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish, used especially for curtains and upholstery.
– origin C17 (as chints, pl. of chint, denoting a stained or painted calico cloth imported from India): from Hindi chīṃṭ ‘spattering, stain’.
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