shantung

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed.“As she walked, the soft silk of her dress – she wore a blue shantung, full-skirted – blew away from the sea and flapped and clung to her legs.”
  2. A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.