Definition of "drugget" [drug•get]

• A heavy felted fabric of wool or wool and cotton, used as a floor covering. (noun)
• A coarse rug of this fabric, made in India. (noun)
• A fabric woven wholly or partly of wool, formerly used for clothing. (noun)

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• "A manufactory has been established for coarse woollen blanketing or rugs, and coarse linen called drugget; a linen of a very good quality has also been produced, which has been disposed of to settlers, etc. and issued from the stores to those who labour for the crown."
• "They make cloth, all cotton; cloth of cotton warp and wool filling called drugget; dimity, a heavy cotton used for coverlets; a yarn jean which has wool warp and filling, and cotton jean which is cotton warp and wool filling; homespun is a heavy cloth, of cotton and wool mixed."
• "This the Dutch have lately contrived to mix with their wool, and weave into a sort of drugget, that is not only warm, but wonderfully light and soft."