Definitions
a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
Word origin
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 山東／山东 (Shāndōng), Shantung.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
“Taking advantage of the European war in 1914, Japan seized the German possessions in Shantung, which she promptly enlarged.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Rough silk cloth”8 letters
02“Coarse silk fabric”8 letters
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