In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SENDAL
Etymology
Noun
sendal (countable and uncountable, plural sendals)
(historical) A light silk cloth.
Anagrams
• Landes, Sandel, Sladen, elands, landes, naleds
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"dal, n. Etym: [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr.
Definition: A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.] Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
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