swatch.
A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
Meaning & usage
A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
He held a swatch of the wallpaper up to see if the colors would match the room.
A selection of such samples bound together.
A clump or portion of something.
A demonstration, an example, a proof.
A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.
Where this word comes from
From earlier Northern England dialectal swache (“the counterfoil or counterstock of a tally”) (1512); further etymology unknown. Cognate with Scots swach, swatch. Compare English swath, swathe. Compare also Old English swæcc (“taste; flavour; odour; fragrance”).
To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.
Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge.
Where this word comes from
From earlier Northern England dialectal swache (“the counterfoil or counterstock of a tally”) (1512); further etymology unknown. Cognate with Scots swach, swatch. Compare English swath, swathe. Compare also Old English swæcc (“taste; flavour; odour; fragrance”).
A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
Where this word comes from
Unknown; originally used chiefly in the East of England.
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