ics woven especially for overcoats--covert,
kersey, melton, beaver, frieze, vicuna, whipcord, cheviot,
chinchilla, etc., made of both wool and worsted.

Pique--A heavy cotton cloth having a surface that is corded or
having a raised lozenge pattern; used for women's and children's
suits, men's vests, etc.

Prunella--Lasting cloth.

Sateen--A close twilled cotton fabric, soft and glossy, used for
lining.

Satin--A silk fabric having a high lustre on its face.

Satinet--A cheap clothing material similar to cassimere, made with
a cotton warp and a filling of short, inferior, shoddy wool which
is mixed with enough long wool to enable it to be spun and woven in
a way to bring that filling to the surface of the cloth; afterwards
fulled, sheared, and the pattern printed on the face.

Serge--A lining of cotton or linen warp and a wool or mohair
filling, woven three-leaf twill.

Serge--A fine, diagonal, twilled, worsted--both all worsted and
with a worsted warp and woolen filling; used for men's and women's
suits.

Shetlands--Very shaggy overcoatings, named from the Shetland pony,
the coat of which it is supposed to imitate in appearance.

Shoddy--Waste thrown off in spinning--shredded rags, and bits of
cloth manipulated into new cloth.

Sicilian--A mohair fabric.

Silesia--A light, close-woven, fine twilled cotton fabric used for
dress linings, etc.

Stockinet--A plain, elastic texture made on a knitting frame, used
for underwear, etc.

Surah--A twilled silk similar to serge; first made in Surat, India.

Tricot--A double-twill cloth having both a warp and filling effect.

Tweed--Much like homespun in appearance, both being either twilled
or plain. They are made from rough worsted yarn spun at home. In
tweed the yarn is harder twisted, giving a more distinct twill. It
is generally more compact, less rough, and better finished than
homespun.

Uniform cloth--Cloth suitable for uniforms, usually a stout,
fulled, woolen cloth, similar to kersey.

Venetian--A cloth milled and cropped bare in finish.

Vicuna--A soft twilled cloth similar to cheviot, made of the Andes
vicuna, hence its name.

Whipcord--A worsted cloth having a small, prominent twill.

Yacht cloth--A flannel heavier than ordinary serge or f