Obs. A woollen stuff manufactured in the 18th c. in the west of England.
1711. Lond. Gaz., No. 4806/4. 4 Trusses of Cantaloons or Serges.
1748. De Foe’s Tour Gt. Brit. (1769), I. 93–4 (D.). Western Goods … Shalloons, Cantaloons, Devonshire Kersies, &c. Ibid. (1769), II. 25. In Bristol, and many Towns on that Side, Druggets, Cantaloons, and other Stuffs.
