caddis

(kad′is)

noun

Origin: ME & OFr cadas, floss silk; confused with Fr cadis, coarse serge, after Cadiz (? where made)

noun

caddis worm

See caddis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also cad·dice

noun

A coarse woolen fabric, yarn, or ribbon binding.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from Middle English cadace, cotton wool (from Anglo-Norman, from Old Provençal cadarz)

Origin: and from French cadis, woolen cloth (from Old Provençal)

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