FUSTIAN  , a See also:

• TERM

term which includes a variety of heavy See also:

• WOVEN

woven See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for men's See also:

• WEAR

wear . It embraces See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain twilled See also:

• CLOTH

cloth called See also:

• JEAN

jean, and cut fabrics similar to See also:

• VELVET

velvet, known as See also:

• VELVETEEN

velveteen, See also:

• MOLESKIN

moleskin, See also:

• CORDUROY

corduroy, &c . The term was once applied to a coarse cloth made of cotton and See also:

• FLAX

flax; now, fustians are usually of cotton and dyed various See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours . In the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III. the name was given to a woollen fabric . The name is said to be derived from El-Fustat, a suburb of See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, where it was first made; and certainly a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of cloth has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been known under that name . In a See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition to See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, temp . See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, " fustian of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples " is mentioned . In the 13th and 14th centuries priests' See also:

• ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

robes and See also:

• WOMEN

women's dresses were made of fustian, but though dresses are still made from some kinds the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief use is for labourers' clothes .