shalloon

shal·loon

 (shə-lo͞on′, shă-)
n.
A lightweight wool or worsted twill fabric, used chiefly for coat linings.
[French chalon, after Châlons.]
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shalloon

(ʃæˈluːn)
n
(Textiles) a light twill-weave woollen fabric used chiefly for coat linings, etc
[C17: from Old French chalon, from the name of Châlons-sur-Marne, France, where it originated]
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shal•loon

(ʃæˈlun)

n.
a light, twilled woolen fabric used chiefly for linings.
[1655–65; < French chalon, after Châlons-sur-Marne, where made]
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SELECTIONS MARKET RASEN: 1.35 Shalloon, 2.05 Fourth Estate, 2.35 Brackloon High, 3.05 Storm Survivor, 3.35 Springfield Raki, 4.05 Penmore Mill, 4.35 Little Chip.
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cambric and fifteen yards of blue shalloon. And from a small chest seven
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Prince to reign at Ripon
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MUTUAL ADMIRATION; Classy Shalloon looks solid option at Ripon for Callan
(10) The seating was delivered as specified in the warrant, except that shalloon was used in place of serge for the false cases.
George I's furniture at Kensington Palace: historians have long been puzzled by the disappearance of the furniture supplied for the new king's apartments at Kensington Palace between 1718 and 1727--George I's only major furnishing commission. Adam Bowett argues that much of it survives unrecognised--a victim of the revolution in taste effected by William Kent, who decorated these rooms
The item used in the cost analysis was a shalloon valued at 35 shillings.
"Intended as a terror to the idle and profligate": embezzlement and the origins of policing in the Yorkshire worsted industry, c. 1750-1777
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