dowlas

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noun

A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.

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Meanings

noundowlas (countable and uncountable, plural dowlases)

plural dowlases · alternative dowlass

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableA coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.

    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.

    a. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 3, scene 3

Origin

Probably from Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.

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APA

dowlas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dowlas

MLA

“dowlas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dowlas. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dowlas,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dowlas.

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