subs. (old).—A coarse stuff to make rugs or coverlets with; a rug. Cf., WRAP-RASCAL = an overcoat.
1577–87. HOLINSHED, Description of England, bk. ii., ch. xii. A sheet vnder couerlets made of dagswain, or HAP-HARLOTS (I vse their owne termes).
subs. (old).—A coarse stuff to make rugs or coverlets with; a rug. Cf., WRAP-RASCAL = an overcoat.
1577–87. HOLINSHED, Description of England, bk. ii., ch. xii. A sheet vnder couerlets made of dagswain, or HAP-HARLOTS (I vse their owne termes).
