drugget

[ druhg-it ]

/ ˈdrʌg ɪt /

noun

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

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

Nearby words

drug tetanus, drug-driver, drug-driving, drug-fast, drugged-out, drugget, druggie, druggist, druggy, drugless, druglord

Origin of drugget

1570–80; < Middle French droguet worthless stuff (textile), equivalent to drogue trash (cf. drug¹) + -et -et

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Examples from the Web for drugget

The carpet was of the same date as the curtains, and was thread-bare in many places; and in others was covered with drugget.
Wives and Daughters|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
He celebrated Mass every Sunday in a tent made of drugget, and covered with a calico fly.
The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale
To make it all of a piece, to put a soft Turkey carpet instead of the drugget, how pleasant it would be!
Phoebe, Junior|Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
The drugget on the floor only served to hide a part of the still more atrociously patterned carpet.
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp|Annie Roe Carr

The rugs looked very handsome, the whole floor at the east end is covered with a red baize or drugget to match the curtains.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for drugget

drugget

/ (ˈdrʌɡɪt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for drugget

C16: from French droguet useless fabric, from drogue trash

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