drugget

[ druhg-it ]

/ ˈdrʌg ɪt /

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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.

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Origin of drugget

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

Words nearby drugget

drug-driving, Drug Enforcement Administration, drug eruption, drug-fast, drugged-out, drugget, druggie, druggist, druggy, drug holiday, drug interaction

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How to use drugget in a sentence

And, receiving no reply, departs, and is heard on the landing rejecting insufficient reasons why the drugget will not lay flat.
Somehow Good|William de Morgan
The man wore a loose drugget coat and an old jockey-cap, and walked with a stout six-foot staff.
The Wild Geese|Stanley John Weyman
This drugget lining must have been invaluable to him; for upon another occasion, it did duty for a pocket-handkerchief.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray
A crimson drugget stretched down the steps to the curbstone.
The Black Box|E. Phillips Oppenheim

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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