Calico
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A short encyclopedia entry defining calico as a plain cotton cloth. It explains the name's derivation from the Indian port of Calicut and notes how usage differs between England, where it means grey or bleached plain cotton, and the United States, where it means printed cloth.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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