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Examples of linsey-woolsey
linsey-woolsey
The fabric used for loincloths may have been wool, linen or a linsey-woolsey blend.
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Linsey-woolsey was valued for its warmth, durability, and cheapness, but not for its looks.
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Similar fabrics woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft in Colonial America were also called linsey-woolsey or wincey.
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Other textiles boast names utterly mysterious to us, opening up a lost world of camblet and fustian, susy and cherryderry, calimanco and linsey-woolsey.
From the guardian.co.uk
Linsey-woolsey is also sometimes used to refer to 18th century woven coverlets or bed coverings made with a linen warp and woollen weft.
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