drugget

Definition

An inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly for clothing.

Etymology

From French droguet, from drogue (“cheap”), of uncertain origin.

Example Sentences

• "There was the handsome carpet, new on the occasion of Mr. Gooch's marriage, but it was carefully covered with a drab drugget; the curtains were of a pretty pink damask, but they were enveloped in brown holland bags, by which same material the chairs and sofas were covered."
• "This carpet was a small square drugget in the centre of the room[…]"
• "There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls."