Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A thick, strong stuff made in the Levant, properly of camel's hair.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.

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  • noun A thick, strong material, somewhat like camlet, formerly used for outer garments in the Levant.

Etymologies

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French baracan, bouracan (compare Provençal barracan, Italian baracane, Spanish barragan, Portuguese barregana, Latin barracanus), from Arabic a kind of black gown, perhaps from Persian barak a garment made of camel's hair.

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  • "Nicasio sits with his barracan jacket slightly open, his hand reaching--in plenipotentiary gesture--for his wallet ("ample as a library," according to Dos) so he can pay the bill."

    The No Variations by Luis Chitarroni, translated by Darren Koolman, p 7

    September 16, 2013