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ˈnettle-cloth
[f. nettle n.1 Cf. Du. neteldoek (Da. netteldug, Sw. nättelduk), G. nesseltuch.]
a. Cloth made of nettle-fibres.
b. Cotton cloth, calico. (See also quot. 1858.)
1539Will of E. Carleton (Somerset Ho.), My best rayle of Nettyll cloth. 1598Florio, Ortichino, a kinde of cloth we call calico or nettle cloth, or the rootes to make it. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 230 Cloth of herbes, which is a kinde of silke which groweth amongst the woods without any labour of man. marg. This cloth we call Nettle cloth. 1626Bacon Sylva §614 Nettles, (whereof they make Nettle-Cloth).
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Nettle-cloth, a new German material, consisting of a very thick tissued cotton, which is japanned and prepared as a substitute for leather, particularly for the peaks of caps, waistbelts, &c. 1884Chamb. Jrnl. 8 Mar. 147/1 At Dresden, Herr F. C. Seidel has recently established a manufactory for nettle-cloth. |