Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woolen stuff.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
fine twilled worsted fabric which was used formerly forclothes andcurtains and is similar toserge
Etymologies
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From French sagatis.
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Examples
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The walls and the moats, the gates and the sentinels, the long High Street with the great government buildings, and the constant rattle of drums and blare of trumpets; they made my little heart beat quicker beneath my sagathy stuff jacket.
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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