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dowlas
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Dowlasnoun
A coarse kind of linen.
Dowlas, filthy dowlas; I have given them away to bakers wives, and they have made boulters of them. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.
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Dowlas
Dowlas was a strong coarse linen cloth of the 16th and 17th centuries, and initially, it was manufactured in Brittany. In the 18th century the fabric was also produced in England and Scotland. Dowlas was identical to sailcloth. The cloth was also imitated in cotton for the same use.
Webster Dictionary
Dowlasnoun
a coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico
Etymology: [Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.]
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Dowlas
Dowlas is the name given to a plain cloth, similar to sheeting, but usually coarser. It is made in several qualities, from line warp and weft to two warp and weft, and is used chiefly for aprons, pocketing, soldiers' gaiters, linings and overalls. The finer makes are sometimes made into shirts for workmen, and occasionally used for heavy pillow-cases. The word is spelt in many different ways, but the above is the common way of spelling adopted in factories, and it appears in the same form in Shakespeare's First Part of Henry IV, Act III scene 3. The dowlas of the early twentieth century was a good, strong and closely woven linen fabric. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed.. Encyclopædia Britannica. Cambridge University Press.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dowlas
dowlas, n. a coarse linen cloth. [From Daoulas or Doulas, near Brest, in Brittany.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dowlas in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dowlas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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