perpetuana

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perpetuana (countable and uncountable, plural perpetuanas)

  1. (archaic) A durable wool serge fabric.
    • 1703, William Dampier, A Voyage to New Holland:
      The chief commodities that the European ships bring hither, are linen cloaths, both coarse and fine, some woollens also, as bayzes, searges, perpetuanas, &c.

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