n.
[Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.]
A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak.
Dowlas
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IN BRIEF: n- A coarse linen cloth used widely in the 16th and 17th centuries and manufactured originally in Brittany but later especially in northern England and Scotland.
Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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Dowlas is the name given to a plain cloth, similar to sheeting, but usually coarser. It is made in several qualities, from line warp and weft to two warp and weft, and is used chiefly for aprons, pocketing, soldiers' gaiters, linings and overalls. The finer makes are sometimes made into shirts for workmen, and occasionally used for heavy pillow-cases. The word is spelt in many different ways, but the above is the common way of spelling adopted in factories, and it appears in the same form in Shakespeare's First Part of Henry IV, Act III scene 3. The dowlas of the early twentieth century was a good, strong and closely woven linen fabric.
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