'Poonah brush' definitions:

Definition of 'Poonah brush'

From: GCIDE
  • Poonah painting \Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay Province, India.] A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work.
  • Note: Hence:
  • Poonah brush,
  • paper,
  • painter, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]