A variant or archaic spelling of 'bustian' or 'bustion,' historically referring to a coarse fabric similar to fustian.
Likely a variant of 'fustian,' from Medieval Latin 'fustaneum,' named after Fostat, a suburb of Cairo where the fabric was manufactured; the 'b' variant may represent dialectal or scribal variation.
Medieval textile names often came directly from their places of origin—Fostat was the center of a textile empire whose name traveled along trade routes, eventually morphing into different spellings across European languages.
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