Obs. Also cawry-mawry, cauri-mauri. ? A kind of coarse, rough material.
1287. in Rogers, Hist. Agric. & Prices, II. 536/4. [Linen and Clothing] T[? C]aursmaurs.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. V. 62. I-cloþed in A Caurimauri [v.r. caury maury, cawrymawry, kaurymaury] I couþe him not discreue.
a. 1529. Skelton, Elynour Rum., 149. Some loke strawry, Some cawry-mawry.
