Obs. Also alleja(r, alajah, allajar (Yule), alliza, allacha. [a. Turki alchah, alāchah, any kind of corded stuff.] A silk fabric from Turkestan: ‘a silk cloth 5 yards long, which has a sort of wavy line pattern running in the length on one side’ (Baden-Powell, in Yule s.v. Alleja). Also attrib.
c. 1613. Downton, in Purchas, I. 504 (Y.). The Nabob bestowed on him … 30 allizaes.
1696. J. F., Merchant’s Ware-ho., 14. Elatchis … an Indian Silk strip’d with variety of colours … is usually for Gowns.
1712. Lond. Gaz., No. 5051/3. Damasks, Elatches, Guiney Stuffs.
1712. Advt., in Spect. (Y.). An Allejah petticoat.
1757. New Hist. E. Ind., II. 145. 400 pieces Elatchas.
1813. W. Milburn, Orient. Commerce, II. 221 (Y.). Allachas (pieces to the ton) 1200.
