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Canadian gray (cloth)

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

See: Canadian cloth

Quotations

1849

I was dressed in a heavy Canadian grey coat, thick trowsers and boots, with a short Wellington cloak. . . .

1853

The common Canadian grey cloth, generally worn by the settlers of the Western Province, is a strong, warm, serviceable fabric, costing about four or five shillings per yard, Halifax currency.