† cottoned, ppl. a. Obs.
(ˈkɒt(ə)nd)
[f. cotton v. and n. + -ed.]
1. Of cloth: Having a nap, friezed.
| 1488 in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. I. 164, viii elne of cotonyt quhit clath to lyne the saim hos. 1598 Florio, Panno accottonato, cottoned or freezed cloth. 1599 Minsheu Sp. Dict., Loba frizada, a freeze cassock, or cottoned cassocke. |
2. Of a plant: Clothed with down.
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens i. xii. 20 The stem or stalke is..as it were cottoned with fine heare of a span long. |