Canadian cloth

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a gray, homespun woolen cloth originally associated with the habitants of French Canada.

Quotations

1784

All the Indians that have been in being Cloathed with Canadian Cloth having visited Nishipicoot Settlement either in the Fall or in the Winter. . . .

1849

Covering our nether man with buffalo robes, our upper being encased in blanket coats, of grey Canadian cloth, with the usual hood attached. . . .