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melton

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mel·ton  (mltn)
n.
A heavy woolen cloth used chiefly for making overcoats and hunting jackets.
[After Melton Mowbray, an urban district of central England.]
melton [ˈmɛltən]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a heavy smooth woollen fabric with a short nap, used esp for overcoats Also called melton cloth
[from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, a former centre for making this cloth]


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"Annette," she directed, "we shall go to Melton to-morrow.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
That night they took up their inn in Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire, and the next night they lodged at Kettering, in Northamptonshire; and the next at Bedford Town; and the next at St.
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