1. A plain, warp-knitted cloth of any of various yarns.
2. A soft ribbed cloth of wool or a wool blend, usually used for dresses.

[French, from tricoter, to knit, from Old French, to beat, run, from tricote, short thick stick, diminutive of estrique, trique, stick for leveling measures of grain, from estriquier, to strike off, of Germanic origin.]

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