peniston

noun

pen·​i·​ston

variants or less commonly penistone

ˈpenəstən

plural -s

often capitalized

: a coarse woolen cloth used for clothing from the 16th into the 19th century

Word History

Etymology

from Penistone, town in Yorkshire, England, where it was first made

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