duroys
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]duroys pl (plural only)
- Any clothing made from duroy.
- 2014, Christina J. Hodge, Consumerism and the Emergence of the Middle Class in Colonial America, page 138:
- Like most woolen cloths, duroys were not notably fashionable in England or her colonies; an unsuccessful 1741 scheme aimed to bring them into fashion through royal use (Montgomery 2007: 350).