A type of coarse woolen fabric or cloth, particularly one used for making cloaks or outer garments.
From Turkish kaduk or a related Turkic source, reflecting trade routes and textile terminology borrowed from Ottoman sources. Used primarily in English texts about historical or regional clothing.
Medieval traders brought this fabric name from Turkey and used it to describe rough, durable cloaks—it's proof of how fashion and language travel together on trade routes!
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