Dowlas
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dowlas is a noun meaning (historical) A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
Meaning
(historical) A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
Example Sentences
Mistress Quickly: I bought you / a dozen of shirts to your back. Falstaff: Dowlas, filthy dowlas. I have given them away / to bakers' wives. They have made bolters of them.
Word Forms
- dowlases
- dowlass
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ad, dowl, dook, duroy, dornick, domet.
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