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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A heavy, napped, twill weave, double cloth made from [ | + | A heavy, napped, twill weave, double cloth made from [[wool]] or, more recently, [[cotton]]. Beaver cloth, originally made in England, is sheared on one side to produce a nap that resembles [[beaver]] fur. It is used for outer garments, hats, and work clothes. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 8 January 2014
Description
A heavy, napped, twill weave, double cloth made from Wool or, more recently, Cotton. Beaver cloth, originally made in England, is sheared on one side to produce a nap that resembles Beaver fur. It is used for outer garments, hats, and work clothes.
Synonyms and Related Terms
imitation beaver; bever(bont) (Ned); beverteen (namaak beverhuid) (Ned);
Authority
- Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985
- Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937
- Website address 1 Comment: www.fabrics.net
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Meredith Montague, contributed information, 1998