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 ( 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

And whipping off her thick drugget shawl--they made such shawls in Kendal--she wrapped it about the girl, snatched up the child, and set off running and walking along the road.

From Starvecrow Farm by Weyman, Stanley J.

Why, you've laid down the drugget from the Throne-Room over all this gravel.

From The Black Poodle And Other Tales by Anstey, F.

A mere drugget compared to this Field of Cloth of Gold.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

The houses become suddenly decorated with banners, blankets, and pieces of drugget suspended from the windows, and the inhabitants welcome us with loud cheers and 'vivas.'

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter