fine silk cloth
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• (n.) A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.
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Bar'ra·can noun [ French
baracan ,
bouracan (cf. Pr.
barracan , Italian
baracane , Spanish
barragan , Portuguese
barregana , Late Latin
barracanus ), from Arabic
barrakān a kind of black gown, perhaps from Persian
barak a garmen...
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Strictly, barracan is a thick strong stuff made in Iran and Armenia of camel's hair, but the name has been applied to various wool, flax, and cotton fabrics.
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