ferrandine

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ferrandine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ferrandine \Fer*ran"dine\ (? or ?), n. [F.; cf. OF. ferrant
     iron-gray, from L. ferrum iron.]
     A stuff made of silk and wool.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I did buy a colored silk ferrandine.     --Pepys.
     [1913 Webster] Ferranti cables