Forms: 8 jaconot, jackonet, 9 jacconot, -et (jacounet, -onite). [Corruption of Urdū Jagannāthī, from Jagannāth (Juggernaut) or Jagannāthpūrī in Cuttack, where orig. manufactured.] A cotton fabric originally imported from India, but now manufactured in England. The application of the name has undergone change; in the trade it now means ‘A plain cotton cloth of medium thickness or weight, lighter than a shirting, and heavier than a mull.’
1769. Publ. Advertiser, 14 Nov., 3/3. 260 Dozen Book and Jaconot Muslins and clear Lawns.
1808. C. Simeon, in W. Carus, Life, x. (1847), 250. I was buying the shawl and jaconet for her.
1851. Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib., 482. India jaconets. Cambric of various qualities.
1891. Times, 8 Oct., 4/1. Moderate enquiry exists for mulls, jacconets, and dhooties.
