parramatta

par ra mat ta ▶noun variant spelling of paramatta.

parramatta

parramatta |ˌparəˈmatə |(also paramatta ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a fine-quality twill fabric with a weft of worsted and a warp of cotton or silk, used originally as a dress material and now particularly in the making of rubber-proofed garments. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after Parramatta, a city in New South Wales, Australia, which was the site of a prison whose inmates manufactured the cloth for clothing supplied to the convict servants of settlers.