Gamocha

Gamocha
GAMCHA (Gamchha or Gamocha)
Coarse cloth of open texture, woven on hand looms in the Madras Presidency, India, with or without border, and either self-coloured, checked or striped. Ordinarily it is 5-ft. to 6-ft. long, 26-in. to 30-in. wide, and is used by men in bathing-both for cleaning and drying the body. It' is also used for making different articles of native apparel, as skull-caps, children's dresses, etc.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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