dowlas
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dowlas
1485–95; after Daoulas in Brittany; replacing late Middle English douglas, popular substitution for dowlas
Example Sentences
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The modern dowlas is a good, strong and closely woven linen fabric.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
"Ane large bed, ane flock bed, ane trundle bed, ane chest, ane trunk, ane leather cairpet, sax cawfskin chairs an' twa-three rush, five pair o' sheets an' auchteen dowlas napkins, sax alchemy spunes"— Phyllis.
From To Have and to Hold by Johnston, Mary
And forth she holdeth a parcel which, being oped, did disclose a right warm thick hood of black serge, lined with flannel and dowlas, mighty comfortable-looking.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
Even the coarsest dowlas, or sailcloth, was imported from the Low Countries.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel
Material for making garments included linen of several grades, blue linen for facing doublets, dowlas, canvas for sheets and shirts.
From Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Jester, Annie Lash
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