shantung

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.

shantung (countable and uncountable, plural shantungs)

1. A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
   • 1963, H. E. Bates, "Major of Hussars" in Seven by Five

     The yellow beer, the light shantung suit and the gleaming white teeth were all alight with the trembling silver reflections that sprang from the sunlight on the water.

2. A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.

• → Tagalog: siyantung

• T'ung-shan

shantung m (plural shantungs)

1. Alternative spelling of chantoung

• “shantung”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

shantung m (plural shantungs)

1. shantung

shantung

1. Alternative spelling of siyantung