Beaver cloth

Beaver cloth is a heavy woolen cloth with a napped surface. Beaver is a double cloth; it resembles felted beaver-fur and is suitable for outer garments such as coats and hats. The fabric was formerly made in England.[1][2][3][4]

Castor

Castor was a cloth lighter than beaver cloth, but otherwise similar. It was produced by using fine wool. Castor was used in overcoating.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Apparel Arts. Apparel Arts Publications. 1948. p. 142.
  2. Perry, Patricia (1970). The Vogue Sewing Book. Vogue Patterns; distribution by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y. p. 55.
  3. Barve, V. R. (1967). Complete Textile Encyclopaedia. D. B. Taraporevala Sons. p. 30.
  4. Denny, Grace Goldena (1962). Fabrics. Lippincott. p. 6.
  5. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-60901-535-0.
  6. Blanco, A. E. (2019-11-29). Piece Goods Manual: Fabrics described; textile, knit goods, weaving terms, etc., explained; with notes on the classification of samples. Good Press.
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