A type of Indian blanket or decorative cloth, often woven with distinctive patterns and colors.
From Spanish 'apishamore,' which may derive from Native American languages or trade terminology. The exact origin is debated, but it appears in 16th-century Spanish colonial texts describing textiles.
This word is a linguistic ghost from the Southwest trade routes—it disappeared from everyday English but lives on in museum collections and historical documents about colonial commerce!
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