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A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
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A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.
Examples of shantung in a Sentence
It was seized in November 1897 by the German fleet, nominally to secure reparation for the murder of two German missionaries in the province of Shantung.
The Wei dynasty, to which Tsaou-tsaou belonged, reigned in northern China, and at this day a considerable manufacture of glass is carried on at Po-shan-hien in Shantung, which it would seem has existed for a long period.
At various times it has discharged its waters alternately on one side or the other of the great mass of mountains forming the promontory of Shantung, and by mouths as far apart from each other as 500 m.
Since 1887 there have been a series of smaller outbreaks, mostly at points lower down and in the neighbourhood of Chinanfu, the capital of Shantung.
When war broke out between China and Japan in 1894, he was appointed commander in-chief of the second Japanese army corps, which, landing on the Liaotung Peninsula, carried Port Arthur by storm, and, subsequently crossing to Shantung, captured the fortress of Wei-hai-wei.
For thirteen years of his life Confucius wandered about from state to state, seeking rest and patrons; but his journeyings were confined within the modern provinces of Ho-nan and Shantung, and the borders of Chih-li and Hu-peh.
The fabric choices for shades are much more decorative and refined, such as Shantung silks and crinkled, oiled papers.
That dress is white shantung silk, with a cream coat.
The fabric choices for shades are much more decorative and refined, such as shantung silks and crinkled, oiled papers.
Tussah and Shantung silks are made from the cocoons of wild silkworms.
One way this is done is by using a less expensive fabric, like polyester shantung or satin, in the manufacturing process instead of expensive fabrics like silk.
The majority of the signature bags are made with shantung (heavy and sturdy), jacquard (artistic scroll embossed into the fabric) or sateen (slightly shiny).