delft

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”).

plural delfts

1. A delf; a mine, quarry, pit or ditch.

   The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could […] keep them dry.

   1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC

1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands known for its production of blue and white pottery.
2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

1. uncountableBlue and white earthenware produced in Delft, Netherlands.

   Here and there was an Italian cabinet surmounted with Delft, and here and there a bas-relief.

   1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC

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   Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC