drugget

[ druhg-it ]

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.

drugget

/ ˈdrʌɡɪt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of drugget¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of drugget¹

C16: from French droguet useless fabric, from drogue trash

Example Sentences

And, receiving no reply, departs, and is heard on the landing rejecting insufficient reasons why the drugget will not lay flat.

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

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This drugget lining must have been invaluable to him; for upon another occasion, it did duty for a pocket-handkerchief.

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A crimson drugget stretched down the steps to the curbstone.

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The rugs looked very handsome, the whole floor at the east end is covered with a red baize or drugget to match the curtains.

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