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FUSTIAN , a See also:

term which includes a variety of heavy See also:woven See also:cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for men's See also:wear. It embraces See also:plain twilled See also:cloth called See also:jean, and cut fabrics similar to See also:velvet, known as See also:velveteen, See also:moleskin, See also:corduroy, &c. The term was once applied to a coarse cloth made of cotton and See also:flax; now, fustians are usually of cotton and dyed various See also:colours. In the reign of See also:Edward III. the name was given to a woollen fabric. The name is said to be derived from El-Fustat, a suburb of See also:Cairo, where it was first made; and certainly a See also:kind of cloth has See also:long been known under that name. In a See also:petition to See also:parliament, temp. See also:Philip and See also:Mary, " fustian of See also:Naples " is mentioned. In the 13th and 14th centuries priests' See also:robes and See also:women's dresses were made of fustian, but though dresses are still made from some kinds the See also:chief use is for labourers' clothes.

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