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Fustian is a
variety of
heavy cloth woven from cotton,
chiefly prepared for menswear.
Known in Late
Latin as
fustaneum or
fustanum and in
Medieval Latin...
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Operation Fustian was an
airborne forces operation undertaken during the
Allied invasion of
Sicily in July 1943 in the
Second World War. The operation...
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Faust (/faʊst/; German: [faʊ̯st]) is the
protagonist of a
classic German legend based on the
historical Johann Georg Faust (c. 1480–1540). The erudite...
- to the base fabric)
between them. Both
velvet and
corduroy derive from
fustian fabric.
Corduroy looks as if it is made from
multiple cords laid parallel...
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anyone caught wearing printed or
stained calico; muslins,
neckcloths and
fustians were exempted. It was this
exemption that the
Lancashire manufacturers...
- need stiffness, structure, or durability. Some
velveteens are a kind of
fustian,
having a rib of
velvet pile
alternating with a
plain depression. Historically...
- Faux
leather Felt Filet/Lacis lace
Fishnet Flannel Flannelette Foulard Fustian Gabardine Gannex Gauze Gazar Georgette Ghalamkar Gingham Gore-Tex Grenadine...
- (from
French peluche) is a
textile having a cut nap or pile the same as
fustian or velvet. Its
softness of feel gave rise to the
adjective "plush" to describe...
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trading in
textiles and notions)
initially referred to silk,
linen and
fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to
England in the 12th...
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goods of the pedlar,
while a
mercer would specialize in "linens, silks,
fustian,
worsted piece-goods and bedding". In
Belgium and
elsewhere in Continental...
