ducape
(djuːˈkeɪp)
[Origin unascertained.]
‘A plain-wove stout silk fabric of softer texture than Gros de Naples.
Its manufacture was introduced by the French refugees of 1685.’ Beck, Draper's Dict.
| 1678 Phillips (ed. 4), Ducape, a certain kind of Silk used for Womens Garments. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 98/1 Womens Hoods..made of..Sarsenet, Ducape, Vinian Sarsnet, Persia..Silk. 1773 Franklin Lett. Wks. 1887 IV. 477, I have had it worked up..into a French grey ducape. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 12/1 Persian, sarsenet, gros-de-Naples, ducapes, satin, and levantines are..plain silks, which vary from one another only in texture, quality, or softness. |