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duroy

UK/d(j)əˈɹɔɪ/US/dəˈɹɔɪ/

duroy noun: a kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.

Noun

duroy (countable and uncountable, plural duroys)

  1. (historical) A kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.
    • the fabrics referred to than the particular constructions or spies which have been submitted, must also be realized that on the duroy fabric, at least, there might a decided variation in the relation advance, due to different methods production.1921, America's Textile Reporter: For the Combined Textile Industries, page 2269

duroy meaning in Tamil

duroy in Tamil

கம்பளித் துணிவகை

Forms of duroy

pluralduroys

Origin of duroy

Unknown.

Words formed from duroy

Questions about duroy

What does duroy mean?
Duroy means a kind of coarse woolen cloth used in 17th century England.
What is duroy in Tamil?
Duroy in Tamil is கம்பளித் துணிவகை. See Duroy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is duroy?
Duroy is a noun.
How do you pronounce duroy?
Duroy is pronounced /dəˈɹɔɪ/ (US).
What is the plural of duroy?
The plural of duroy is duroys.

Words near duroy in the dictionary

  1. durotomies
  2. durotomy
  3. Durotriges
  4. durous
  5. Durov
  6. duroy
  7. duroys
  8. durr
  9. durr-brain
  10. durr-brains
  11. durra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duroy (page history and authors); duroy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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