ratteen

(ra tēn)

noun

a coarse, heavy, twilled woolen cloth, popular in 18th-cent. Britain

Origin: Fr ratine: see ratiné

See ratteen in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Archaic
A thick, twilled woolen cloth.

Origin:

Origin: French ratine

Origin: , from Old French rastin

Origin: , from *raster, to scrape

Origin: , ultimately from Latin rādere; see rash2

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