drugget

American  

[druhg-it] / ˈdrʌg ɪt /

noun

1. Also called India drugget.  a rug from India of coarse hair with cotton or jute.

2. a fabric woven wholly or partly of wool, used for clothing.

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drugget British  

/ ˈdrʌɡɪt /

noun

1. a coarse fabric used as a protective floor-covering, etc

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Etymology

Origin of drugget

1570–80; < Middle French droguet worthless stuff (textile), equivalent to drogue trash ( cf. drug ¹) + -et -et

Example Sentences

At length the pursued taxi, careering down a dark side street, drew up in front of the Del Fey Club; Thaw followed a drugget of light on the pavement; a door closed behind him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just then a stream of water descended through the cracked bedroom ceiling, first upon the back of ’Phemie’s neck, and then upon the drugget which covered the floor.

From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell

Having done this, they stretched a drugget over both drawing-rooms, and placed forms round the room.

From A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The man wore a loose drugget coat and an old jockey-cap, and walked with a stout six-foot staff.

From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John

There were few trees, no hedges; and somewhere the cracked bell of a drugget factory or a dye-works was clanging out a monotonous summons.

From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.