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

The lawn and the standard roses were formal enough, but there were acacia trees on the left, and, under them, grouped artistically, an Indian drugget, a tea table, and long basket chairs.

From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis

At last, to his unspeakable joy, he discovered it under a piece of tattered drugget.

From The Brass Bottle by Anstey, F.

Near the Italian garden was a certain walk, with stark yew hedges on either hand, and fine grass stretched like a drugget from end to end.

From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

The dark-blue drugget covered a polished floor, whose slippery, uncovered margin beneath the wainscot has occasioned me many a tumble, though it always tempted me to slide when I found myself alone in the room.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth