Moleskin--A medium heavy twilled cotton cloth, napped inside; used for men's wear and ornamental purposes.
Muslin--A cotton fabric of various classes and names; bleached and unbleached, half bleached, cambric, book muslin, long cloth, mull, organdie, lawns, etc.; used for all purposes.
Nankeen--A peculiar fabric of a pale dull yellow or orange color, woven out of the fibrous tissue which lies between the outer and sap-wood of a tree or shrub that grows in the East Indies and especially in China. The name is derived from the city of Nankin. An imitation is made out of cotton, colored with Annato. The genuine nankeen is never more than eighteen or twenty inches wide and is used for light summer clothing.
Overcoating--Fabrics woven especially for overcoats--covert, kersey, melton, beaver, frieze, vicuna, whipcord, cheviot, chinchilla, etc., made of both wool and worsted.
Pique--A heavy cotton cloth having a surface that is corded or having a raised lozenge pattern; used for women's and children's suits, men's vests, etc.
Sateen--A close twilled cotton fabric, soft and glossy, used for lining.
Satin--A silk fabric having a high lustre on its face.
Satinet--A cheap clothing material similar to cassimere, made with a cotton warp and a filling of short, inferior, shoddy wool which is mixed with enough long wool to enable it to be spun and woven in a way to bring that filling to the surface of the cloth; afterwards fulled, sheared, and the pattern printed on the face.
Serge--A lining of cotton or linen warp and a wool or mohair filling, woven three-leaf twill.
Serge--A fine, diagonal, twilled, worsted--both all worsted and with a worsted warp and woolen filling; used for men's and women's suits.
Shetlands--Very shaggy overcoatings, named from the Shetland pony, the coat of which it is supposed to imitate in appearance.
Shoddy--Waste thrown off in spinning--shredded rags, and bits of cloth manipulated into new cloth.
Silesia--A light, close-woven, fine twilled cotton fabric used for dress linings, etc.
Stockinet--A plain, elastic texture made on a knitting frame, used for underwear, etc.
Surah--A twilled silk similar to serge; first made in Surat, India.
Tricot--A double-twill cloth having both a warp and filling effect.