Fearnought

Fearnought
BEARSKIN (Dreadnought, Fearnought)
American terms for an overcoating cloth of shaggy face. It is not applied to any particular cloth. But all are of wool yams and made very thick. ————————
FEARNOUGHT
This is a term given to many cheviot woollen cloths with a rough hairy face. Woven in coating weights from all wool. Several qualities have shoddy weft for cheapness (see Bearskin)

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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