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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Etymol. uncertain.]

A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp.

See also: melton

Melton

See also: Melton

melton ‎(plural meltons)

A tough, short napped material used for making overcoats.
- 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:
  ‘Two of the boys are wearing your Melton overcoat; I hope you don't mind.’