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melton

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melton [′mel·tən]
(textiles)
A fabric with all-wool or cotton warp and woolen weft; the face is napped carefully to raise the nap straight up, showing the weave clearly. Also known as beaver cloth; kersey.


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"Annette," she directed, "we shall go to Melton to-morrow.
That night they took up their inn in Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire, and the next night they lodged at Kettering, in Northamptonshire; and the next at Bedford Town; and the next at St.
 
 
 
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