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 or plain, and 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.
References
- ^ The Uffculme wills and inventories: 16th to 18th centuries, p.272 (Peter Wyatt, Uffculme Archive Group, 1997).
- "drugget". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1913 Webster's Dictionary.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1828 Webster's Dictionary.
This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
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