A thick fabric with a warp of one color and a weft of another, creating a textured appearance; also spelled 'baldachin' in some contexts.
From Persian or Indian origins, possibly related to Badakhshan region, the term entered English trade vocabulary in the 17th-18th centuries describing luxurious woven textiles.
Badan is one of those words that shows how trade routes influenced English—textiles with exotic names kept their original names because merchants wanted to evoke their distant, luxurious origins.
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