chintz

[ chints ]

/ tʃɪnts /

a printed cotton fabric, glazed or unglazed, used especially for draperies.

a painted or stained calico from India.

Origin of chintz

1605–15; earlier chints, plural of chint < Gujarati chī̃ṭ

She pushed me in before her, locked the door, and drew the chintz curtains that hung over the inside.

The Woman in White |Wilkie Collins
You think a chintz kerchief can conceal the blot of the nobleman from the eyes of the people?

Mother |Maksim Gorky
The lad Wilkie 'll be to bide wi' them, and Chirsty had bocht the chintz to cover the airm-chair wi'.

A Window in Thrums |J. M. Barrie
To-day the fiat has gone forth, and we are already deep in consultation over paper and paint, chintz, and carpeting.

An Isle in the Water |Katharine Tynan

The bedroom, smart with chintz, also opened out of the drawing-room.

Cousin Betty |Honore de Balzac

chintz

/ (tʃɪnts) /

a printed, patterned cotton fabric, with glazed finish

a painted or stained Indian calico

C17: from Hindi chīnt, from Sanskrit citra gaily-coloured