Have checked the big dictionary and the word first appears in English in 1580 - of unknown origin but possibly French - droguet. Drugget started off meaning coarse cloth and garments made from it, espec petticoats, but 'now' (dictionary 1983) means a coarse woollen cloth used for floor coverings. News to me - and I read a lot of home improvement mags! The word might have gone straight from French into Gaelic but I suspect is a loan from English. Judy ---------- >From: "espencer" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCT-INV] Statistical Account of Barray - 1840 >Date: 08, Fri Aug, 2003, 10:53 pm > > Gaelic - "drogaid" , n. f. drugget; cloth of wool and linen; anything > spoiled by being mixed.

Hi Judy This gets more interesting all the time. With Google, I could find Drogaid and Drugget but the way it was on the Statistic Account (Drogget) does not show on any site. I am adding a small dictionary page to this account when sending to this 90 year old Aunt. I'll have her quite baffled. Thank You Lorraine Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "J A Olsen" <[email protected]> To: "espencer" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: 08 August, 2003 19:11 Subject: Drugget - was Re: [SCT-INV] Statistical Account of Barray - 1840 > Have checked the big dictionary and the word first appears in English in > 1580 - of unknown origin but possibly French - droguet. > > Drugget started off meaning coarse cloth and garments made from it, espec > petticoats, but 'now' (dictionary 1983) means a coarse woollen cloth used > for floor coverings. News to me - and I read a lot of home improvement mags! > > The word might have gone straight from French into Gaelic but I suspect is a > loan from English. > > > > Judy > > > > > ---------- > >From: "espencer" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [SCT-INV] Statistical Account of Barray - 1840 > >Date: 08, Fri Aug, 2003, 10:53 pm > > > > > Gaelic - "drogaid" , n. f. drugget; cloth of wool and linen; anything > > spoiled by being mixed.