A lightweight fabric or textile with a raised woven pattern, sometimes with metallic threads or bright colors.
Possibly derived from earlier 'caff-' (related to fabric trade) combined with unclear origin for the '-oy' suffix, or from Romance language textile terms through medieval trade routes.
Medieval European textile merchants loved exotic-sounding names for imported fabrics to make them seem more valuable—caffoy may be a completely invented word that sold better than 'fancy patterned cloth.'
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