fustians in English

noun
1
thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors.
Some wore velvet jackets and fustian trousers.
2
pompous or pretentious speech or writing.
a smoke screen of fustian and fantasy
noun

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1. Significant quantities of cotton began to be used after about 1600, firstly in linen/cotton fustians, but by around 1750 pure cotton fabrics were being produced and cotton had overtaken wool in importance.