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Subject:	Re: Xjaronet suitable for cravatsX
From:	Linda Lawhon <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:38:10 -0600
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Jon Kukla wrote:
>In a ca. 1800 inventory of fabrics imported into Kentucky (flannel,
>gingham, dimity etc) I find an entry for "jaronet suitable for cravats."
>Can't find the term in the OED etc. Any chance that someone can identify
>it?  Many thanks.

Possibly -- jaconet or jacanet. "A light weight fabric or cloth, first
woven in India, usually of cotten and used for book spines, bandages, and
widely in the manufacture of clothing."

Drake, Paul. WHAT DID THEY MEAN BY THAT? A DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL TERMS
FOR GENEALOGISTS. SOME MORE WORDS., Vol. 2. (Bowie, MD, Heritage Books,
Inc., 1998) p. 43

Linda

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