DCHP-3

cruiser cloth

Maritimes
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a thick woollen cloth suitable for Mackinaw coats and similar heavy garments.

Quotations

1964
By 1934 William M., a third generation Humphrey, was operating the mill and producing a large red and black check design for Mackinaw or cruiser cloth. Three grades of Canadian wool, fine, medium, and coarse, called "one-half," "three-eights" and "quarter blood" respectively, were used in its manufacture.