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Taunton|ˈtɔːntən, locally ˈtɑːntən|
Name of a town in Somersetshire; hence short for Taunton cloth, a woollen cloth formerly made there.
1499in Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 379 To William Busshop halfe a packe of Tauntons. 1607Act 4 Jas. I, c. 2 §7 Every Broade Cloth..called Tauntons, Bridgwaters, and Dunsters made in the Westerne partes of Somersetsheire. |