canotier

[kan-uh-tyey]

noun

a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.

Origin of canotier

< French: boatman, equivalent to canot open boat (earlier canoe < Spanish canoa canoe, conformed to the French suffix -ot) + -ier -ier²

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I know an Indian canotier who will ferry me across to Beauport, and say nothing.
The Golden Dog
William Kirby