rayadillo

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noun

A blue-and-white striped cotton or flannel material used to make the military uniforms worn by Spanish colonial soldiers from the mid 19th century until the early 20th Century.

OriginSpanish rayadillo →
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Meanings

nounrayadillo (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA blue-and-white striped cotton or flannel material used to make the military uniforms worn by Spanish colonial soldiers from the mid 19th century until the early 20th Century.

Origin

  1. Spanishrayadillo“striped cotton cloth”
  2. Englishrayadillo

Borrowed from Spanish rayadillo (“striped cotton cloth”, literally “finely striped”), from rayar + -ado + -illo.

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APA

rayadillo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rayadillo

MLA

“rayadillo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rayadillo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rayadillo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rayadillo.

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