A thick, heavy woolen fabric with a smooth surface, traditionally used for coats and jackets, named after the town of Melton Mowbray in England.
Named after Melton Mowbray, a town in Leicestershire, England, famous for its textile manufacturing; the fabric was developed there in the 18th century.
Melton cloth is so tough it used to be used for hunting coats in the English countryside—it's one of those words that reveals how English textile towns like Melton Mowbray became so famous that their names became the names of fabrics they produced.
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