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† duroy Obs.|dəˈrɔɪ|
Also 7 deroy.
[Of uncertain origin: perh. Fr. du roi of the king.
Glossaire to Encyclopédie Méthodique (1790) vol. II gives ‘Duroi, étoffe de laine, rase et sèche, dans le genre de la tamise, mais moins large et plus serrée’.]
A kind of coarse woollen fabric formerly manufactured in the west of England; akin to the stuffs called tammies. (Not the same as corduroy.)
1619Purchas Microcosm. xxvii. 269 The Colours of Gingelline, Grideline, Deroy, Elderado, Droppe du Berry. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6089/4 Wearing a grey Duroy Coat and Wastcoat. 1722De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 331 Fine silk drugget and duroys. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. I. 93. 1778 Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2.) s.v. Somersetshire, The manufactures are chiefly fine cloths, druggets, duroys, shalloons, serges. 1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 385 Those [manufactures] formerly carried on at North and South Molton, consisted chiefly of duroys, serges, and other light cloths. |