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druggetn.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French droguet. Etymology: < French droguet (1505 in Middle French), probably < drogue drug n.1 + -et -et suffix1 (see discussion at drug n.1). Compare ( < French) Spanish droguete (18th cent.), Italian droghetto (a1816), German Droguett (1755 or earlier).The β. forms are all apparently attested only in the Probate Inventories of Lincoln Citizens. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from mixed fibres > [noun] > wool and silk or linen 1564 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 308 Ane goun of drogat, lynit with martrikis. 1580 Lady Errol Let. in J. P. Pratt (1858) App. 323 Ane pair of courtingis of b[l]ew & quhytt droggitt. 1672 J. Eachard (ed. 4) 168 One that is in Canonical black, may..see as far into a Mill-stone, as he that wears a light Drugget. 1682 No. 1762/4 Several Pieces of Rich Silk Druggets, Serge-Wale, Thred Druggets. 1721 J. Swift In Drugget drest of Thirteen Pence a Yard, See Philip's Son. 1745 Feb. 99/1 I remember plain John Dryden..in one uniform cloathing of Norwich drugget. 1818 T. Dilworth iv. 182 A factor bought a certain quantity of broad-cloth and drugget, which together cost him 81l. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton II. iii. xii. 109 He wore a spencer of a light brown drugget. 2001 T. J. Kent ii. 666/2 Drugget (droguet) was a rather heavy fabric that was produced in several varieties. Some versions were manufactured entirely of wool, while others were made with a weft of wool thread and a warp of linen or silk thread. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > made of specific material the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > wool > types of > article of 1670 T. Culpeper 21 Our Drapery thus encouraged will assuredly carry the Market, and..our Gallants shall have no longer any pretence to wear French Druggets, as they now say, for cheapness. 1684 J. Dryden in 287 Now cheap Druggets to a Mode are grown, And a plain Sute..Is better than to be by tarnisht gawdry known. 1713 29 Aug. 1/2 He was married in a plain Drugget. 2. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > drugget 1680 W. Petyt v. 57 Both Dutch and French..do mix it [sc. our long and middling-Wooll] with French, Polonia, or other Forreign Woolls,..and therewith make vast quantities of course Cloths, Druggets and Stuffs. 1728 E. Chambers Drugget,..a Sort of cheap Stuff, very thin, and narrow, usually all Wool, and sometimes half Wool and half Thread. 1842 Mar. 148/2 The only object adorning the floor, was a square of discoloured drugget, constituting a sort of dais. 1882 S. W. Beck (at cited word) Twilled druggets were..known in trade as corded druggets, but when of linen warp and woollen weft, as threaded druggets. 1904 F. Rolfe Proomion 13 He disposed the armchair also against the wall, leaving a cleared space of garret-coloured drugget between the dead fire and the bed. 1997 May–Aug. 4/2 Our drugget from the artisans' alliance at Jawaja, Rajasthan, is natural undyed grey-brown wool on a cotton warp. 2005 W. S. Dunn ix. 185 Drugget..was used for covers for carpets, beds, and other items. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > made of drugget 1847 Trade Card (Kendal, Milne, & Faulkner) in A. Adburgham (1964) xiii. 139 Druggets. Furniture Dimities. Brussells Carpets. 1870 M. Bridgman xiii The carpets..remained hidden from sight by the cleanest of druggets. 1904 A. Conan Doyle Return of Sherlock Holmes in Dec. 613/1 He tore the drugget from the floor, and in an instant was down on his hands and knees clawing at each of the squares of wood beneath it. 1959 W. Mayne xiii. 98 The boards were bare all the way up [the stairs] now, and the drugget rolled at the bottom. 1985 A. Guinness v. 59 A baby crawling across the carpet, but precautions had been taken—there were druggets everywhere. 2006 838/1 (caption) Where a drugget lies half on the carpet and half on the floor, it is important to continue the underfelt from under the carpet to the far edge of the drugget. Compounds1580 Lady Errol Let. in J. P. Pratt (1858) App. 322 Ane pair of drogatt courtingis. 1675 No. 980/4 A Drugget Sute lined with green. 1781 W. Coxe 45 Each convict receives a coarse drugget coat, waistcoat, and breeches, every three years. 1836 G. Head 160 Dressed in easy loose-fitting costume, viz. a drugget pea-jacket and wide trowsers. 1873 W. Black xxv. 427 A young lady, dressed in a drugget petticoat. 1930 L. McInnes in (1952) III. 159/1 The country lasses used tae come tae toon on a Fair Day or the Sabbath wi bare airms an' droggat short goons. 1974 E. D. Andrews & F. Andrews (1982) ii. 117 In 1835 a total of 1,205 yards of cloth was woven for frocks, surtouts.., drugget gowns, drugget linings, drugget trousers, worsted trousers, [etc.]. C2. Objective. 1709 No. 4594/4 Thomas Twaite, late a Drugget maker. 1845 W. Harding I. i. 154 A fire..supposed to have commenced on the premises of Mr. Fisher, drugget maker. 1913 S. B. Garrett i. 7 Edward Bond, of Calne, drugget maker, son of Benjamin Bond, of Bidston. Derivatives 1855 M. La Touche II. 143 Dusty sunbeams streaming through the colourless east window upon the druggeted chancel floor. 1858 R. S. Surtees xxvii.142 The druggeted carpet bursting into cornucopias of fruit and gay bouquets. 1915 D. MacCarthy in 10 July 329/2 Up the druggeted staircase he went slowly with bent knees. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > drugget 1851 (rev. ed.) 79/1 Specimens of striped lists, cloth, druggeting, padding, kerseys, linseys, [etc.]. 1930 F. B. Young ii. ix. 263 A few bored servants left behind..to cover the carpets with druggetting and drape with white dustcloths pianos and chairs. 1973 18 May 24/4 Linen druggeting to protect the carpets for parties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1564 |