cloth that has been wetted in the process of fulling.

Of cloth: in the raw or unfinished state.

Floor-cloth composed of a mixture of india-rubber, gutta-percha, and cork, mounted on canvas.

Usually in plural. A piece of cloth taken from the loom, in the rough state before finishing.

Calico-printing and Dyeing. The mass of material collected in ‘batching’ (cf. batch, v. 2). Also attributive.

An imitation beaver fur; also, cloth with a beaver finish (see beaver cloth n. at beaver, n.1 compounds 2).

= tie-and-dye n. at affix 5 below; frequently attributive; also as v. transitive, to dye by this process; also absol.

A finish given to a fabric or garment to enable it to retain its creases, pleating, shape, smoothness, etc.; the process which produces this finish…

(see quot. 1963).