calicos

noun pl. calicoes or calicos

1. Archaic a kind of cotton cloth from India
2. 1. a printed cotton fabric
   2. Brit. a heavy, white cotton cloth
3. a cat with a mottled coat of black, brown, yellow or orange, etc.
   also calico cat

Origin: after Calicut, where it was first obtained

adjective

1. of calico
2. spotted like some calico cloth