Obs. Also coafoay, coffaw, coffae, coffo. Some kind of fabric much used in the 18th c.; the same as CAFFOY.
1703. Lond. Gaz., No. 3945/4. A Leather Body-Coach … with a Coafoay Lining. Ibid. (1704), No. 4067/8. A red Coffoy Side-saddle.
1753. Dial. betw. Swift & Prior, 33. The Manufacture … of our Coffoys; Buffs, Lutherines and Fustians.
