mungo

American  

[muhng-goh] / ˈmʌŋ goʊ /

Also mongoe.

noun

plural

mungos

1. a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.

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mungo British  

/ ˈmʌŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a cheap felted fabric made from waste wool

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Etymology

Origin of mungo

First recorded in 1800–10; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The cheaper grades are manufactured from a fine-fibered wool and shoddy, with low grades of shoddy and mungo for back.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

Motho is a vetch, Phaseolus aconitifolius; and mûng is a variety of pulse, Phaseolus mungo.

From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie

The following are the most important substitutes: noils, shoddy, mungo, extract-wool, and flocks.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

Before the fibrous mungo is obtained, the rags have to pass through the following necessary preliminary operations: A. Dusting.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

Mungo is divided into two classes, namely, new and old mungo.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)