Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of carpet; a rough or coarse covering for a bed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool.
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- noun A
coarse woollen fabric made ofdaglocks .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The second is the great (although not general) amendment of lodging; for, said they, our fathers, yea and we ourselves also, have lain full oft upon straw pallets, on rough mats covered only with a sheet, under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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The second is the great (although not general) amendment of lodging; for, said they, our fathers, yea and we ourselves also, have lain full oft upon straw pallets, on rough mats covered only with a sheet, under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.
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