Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dowlas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dowlas
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

dowlases (plural) dowlass (alternative)

Questions

What does dowlas mean?: A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
Where does dowlas come from?: Probably from Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.

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