1648.—"The principal names (of the stuffs) are these: Gamiguins, [Baftas], Chelas (see [PIECE-GOODS]), Assamanis (asmānīs? sky-blues), Madafoene, Beronis (see [BEIRAMEE]), Tricandias, Chittes (see [CHINTZ]), Langans (see [LUNGOOTY]?), Toffochillen (Tafṣīla, a gold stuff from Mecca; see [ADATI], [ALLEJA]), Dotias (see [DHOTY])."—Van Twist, 63.
1726.—In a list of cloths at Pulicat:
"Gekeperde Ginggangs (Twilled ginghams)
Ditto Chialones (shaloons?)"—Valentijn, Chor. 14.
Also
"Bore (?) Gingganes driedraad."—v. 128.
1770.—"Une centaine de balles de mouchoirs, de pagnes, et de guingans, d'un très beau rouge, que les Malabares fabriquent à Gaffanapatam, où ils sont établis depuis très longtemps."—Raynal, Hist. Philos., ii. 15, quoted by Littré.
1781.—"The trade of Fort St. David's consists in longcloths of different colours, sallamporees, morees, dimities, Ginghams, and succatoons."—Carraccioli's L. of Clive, i. 5. [Mr. Whiteway points out that this is taken word for word from Hamilton, New Account (i. 355), who wrote 40 years before.]
" "Sadras est renommé par ses guingans, ses toiles peintes; et Paliacate par ses mouchoirs."—Sonnerat, i. 41.
1793.—"Even the gingham waistcoats, which striped or plain have so long stood their ground, must, I hear, ultimately give way to the stronger [kerseymere] (q.v.)."—Hugh Boyd, Indian Observer, 77.