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drugget

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drug·get  (drgt)
n.
1.
a. A heavy felted fabric of wool or wool and cotton, used as a floor covering.
b. A coarse rug of this fabric, made in India.
2. A fabric woven wholly or partly of wool, formerly used for clothing.
[French droguet, probably from drogue, drug, worthless object; see drug.]
drugget [ˈdrʌgɪt]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a coarse fabric used as a protective floor-covering, etc.
[from French droguet useless fabric, from drogue trash]
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Noun1.drugget - a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling
carpet, carpeting, rug - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)


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