Druggett or drugget is "a coarse woollen fabric felted or woven, self-coloured or printed one side".
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the Dean (Christianity), dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swi ...
refers to being ''"in druggets drest, of thirteen pence a yard"''.
[''The Uffculme wills and inventories: 16th to 18th centuries'', p.272 (Peter Wyatt, Uffculme Archive Group, 1997).]
Formerly, a drugget was a sort of cheap
stuff
Stuff, stuffed, and stuffing may refer to:
*Physical matter
*General, unspecific things, or entities
Arts, media, and entertainment
Books
*''Stuff'' (1997), a novel by Joseph Connolly
*''Stuff'' (2005), a book by Jeremy Strong
Fictional c ...
, very thin and narrow, usually made of
wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal w ...
, 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
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Ratteen
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Woollen industry
Printed fabrics
Woven fabrics
Waulked textiles
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