Drugget
Druggett or drugget is "a coarse woollen fabric felted or woven, self-coloured or printed one side". Jonathan Swift refers to being "in druggets drest, of thirteen pence a yard".[1]
Formerly, a drugget was a sort of cheap stuff, very thin and narrow, usually made of wool, or half wool and half silk or linen; it may have been corded but was usually plain. The term is now applied to a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling, used for rugs, tablecloths, etc.
See also
Notes
- ^ The Uffculme wills and inventories: 16th to 18th centuries, p.272 (Peter Wyatt, Uffculme Archive Group, 1997).
References
- "drugget". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
External links
- Porter, Noah, ed. (1913). "Drugget". Webster's Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: C. & G. Merriam Co.
- Webster, Noah (1828). "Drugget". Webster's Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: C. & G. Merriam Co.
Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Drugget". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 248.
