Anabasse

Anabasse was a coarse woolen material, a kind of blanketing made in France and the Netherlands for the African market,[1][2][3][4] or a type of coarse blanketing made in Lancashire using a wool warp and a cotton weft.[5]

History

The term originally meant a type of striped loincloth manufactured in India.[5]

See also

• Woolen

References

1. New York State Library. New York State Education Department. 1908. p. 11.
2. Blakely, Edward T. (1878). A Handy Dictionary of Commercial Information. Simpkin, Marshall. p. 14.
3. Whitney, William Dwight (1889). The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language. Century Company. p. 191.
4. New York State Library. New York State Education Department. 1908. p. 796.
5. Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. Internet Archive. New York; London : Norton. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.