Mungo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mungo is a noun meaning A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted.
Meaning
A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woollen rags or the remnants of woollen goods, specifically those of felted, milled, or hard-spun woollen cloth, as distinguished from shoddy, or the deviled product of loose-textured woollen goods or worsted.
Example Sentences
Tailors' clippings and remnants of fine woollen goods, such as broadcloth, etc., are devilled and spun into yarn for making cloth of nicer quality, called mungo.
Word Forms
- mungos
- mungoes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mulmull, mulmul, mull, muck, malmal, moucade.
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