Also 7 Ticklenburs, Ticklingburs. [For Tecklenburg, from a town and county of this name in Westphalia, noted for its manufactures of linen.] A kind of coarse linen cloth; see quots.
1696. J. F., Merchant’s Ware-ho., 39. Ticklenburs is … a coarse Linnen, and generally very uneven,… the right Ticklingburs are almost as strong again as the Ozenbricks [Osnaburgs]…. There is not many Cloths sold in England that hath so great Consumption as this.
1812. J. Smyth, Pract. of Customs (1821), 133. Linen: Ticklenburgs are known by that word being stamped on the Cloth.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Ticklenburghs, a coarse mixed linen fabric made for the West India market.
