[? repr. a pronunciation of SURAT.] A soft twilled silk fabric used for women’s dresses.
1881. Truth, 19 May, 686/2. One [dress] of cream-coloured surah, brocaded in a design of rosebuds.
1883. A. S. Hardy, But yet a Woman, 65. Stéphanie herself in her pale blue surah robe de chambre.
1893. [see SLEAZY a. 2 β].
