A type of coarse woolen fabric or sturdy material used historically for clothing and practical garments.
From Hindi 'dhalti' or similar South Asian textile terms, entering English through trade routes in the 18th century, referring to practical fabrics produced in India and sold to European markets.
Dalteen represents a forgotten word from the age of European trade with India—it shows how specific fabrics had their own names before everything became just 'cotton' or 'wool,' and many of these old fabric names disappeared as industrial textiles standardized production.
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