drugget

 [druhg-it]  

drug·get

   [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.
Origin:
1570–80; < Middle French droguet worthless stuff (textile), equivalent to drogue trash (compare drug1) + -et -et
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drugget (ˈdrʌɡɪt)
 
—n
a coarse fabric used as a protective floor-covering, etc
 
[C16: from French droguet useless fabric, from drogue trash]

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