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▪ I. † ˈmolton Obs.
[f. the name South Molton, a town in North Devon.
The word appears as in Ger. use (but with Fr. pronunciation, and said to be from Fr.) in Flügel's Ger.-Eng. Dict. 1893. (? Confused with molleton.)]
A kind of coarse woollen cloth.
1545Rates Custom Ho. d vij b, Tauestockes tawntons moltons. [1759Brice Grand Gazetteer 1208 South-Moulton... As the chief Manufactures are Serges, Shalloons, and Felts, great Quantities of Wool are brought here to Market.] 1809A. Henry Trav. 34 A molton, or blanket coat. Ibid. 139 The lock..I had carried under my molton coat.
▪ II. molton
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