brown holland

English

Noun

brown holland (uncountable)

  1. Unbleached holland linen
    • 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, volume 2, page 128:
      With a shiver at the thought of the cold blue best room, always in papers and brown holland, Emily took the offered seat by the fire, almost glad she was wet, as it delayed her explanation.
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