Strong, hard-wearing cloth combining a linen warp and cotton weft. First made in Egypt about 200ad, spreading across Europe and probably brought to Britain by migrant workers. Normally used for workers clothes but, by cutting the weft, French workers produced Cord du Roi, or corduroy.
a coarse cloth, made of cotton and flax, sometimes dyed olive or other dark color
Coarse cloth made of cotton and flax twilled cotton cloth; corduroy; velveteen.
Collective term for a group of coarse, usually patterned fabrics woven from wool or cotton/wool.
A general term used to describe a group of fabrics which have a considerably greater number of picks than ends. Beaverteen, corduroy, moleskin cloth and velveteen are examples.‘nap frieze’.
Fustian is a term for a variety of heavy woven cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for menswear.