canotier

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ca⋅no⋅tier

[kan-uh-tyey]

–noun

a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.

Origin:
< F: boatman, equiv. to canot open boat (earlier canoe < Sp canoa canoe, conformed to the F suffix -ot) + -ier -ier ²

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