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dagswain

dagswain noun: a coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks, used for stuffing mattresses and furniture.

Noun

dagswain (usually uncountable, plural dagswains)

  1. (obsolete, usually) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks, used for stuffing mattresses and furniture.
    • Our fathers (yea, and ourselves also) have lien full oft upon straw pallets, covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

dagswain meaning in Tamil

dagswain in Tamil

அடர்முரட்டு விரிப்புத் துணி

Forms of dagswain

pluraldagswains

Origin of dagswain

From dag (“a loose end”)?

Questions about dagswain

What does dagswain mean?
Dagswain means a coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks, used for stuffing mattresses and furniture.
What is dagswain in Tamil?
Dagswain in Tamil is அடர்முரட்டு விரிப்புத் துணி. See Dagswain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dagswain?
Dagswain is a noun.
What is the plural of dagswain?
The plural of dagswain is dagswains.

Words near dagswain in the dictionary

  1. Dagou
  2. DAgr
  3. dags
  4. dags out
  5. Dagsboro
  6. dagswain
  7. dagswains
  8. Dagu
  9. Daguan
  10. Dague
  11. Daguerrean

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