A coarse fabric or cloth, possibly a historical textile, though the exact nature is uncertain.
Etymology obscure; possibly from Arabic or another language source. The word appears sporadically in historical textile references but is largely obsolete.
Abanet is one of those textile words that nearly vanished from history—it was probably important enough to name once, but fashion changed and the word nearly disappeared completely.
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