Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
delft
noun · first attested 17th century
The blue and white pottery is named for a Dutch city.
Tin-glazed earthenware, typically blue on white.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Delft
- In English
delft
Delft potters imitated Chinese porcelain in tin-glazed earthenware. English named the whole ware for the city, whatever its actual origin.
Netherlands
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