Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Madras"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Madras \Ma*dras"\, n. [So named after Madras, a city and
presidency of India.]
A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors,
such as those often used by negroes for turbans.
A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow
madras turban . . . crouched against the wall. --G. W.
Cable.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Madras
n 1: a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of
Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras [syn: {Tamil Nadu}, {Madras}]
2: a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
[syn: {Chennai}, {Madras}]
3: a light patterned cotton cloth
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