dowlas

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dowlas - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dowlas \Dow"las\, n. [Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in
     France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.]
     A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in
     Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]