English

Noun

dagswain ‎(usually uncountable, plural dagswains)

1. (obsolete) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks.
   • Raphael Holinshed

     Our fathers (yea, and ourselves also) have lien full oft upon straw pallets, covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.