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Salembaree is an obsolete variant of
Salembaree is an obsolete variant of cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor pe ...
cloth
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...
that was a coase, stout and heavy fabric. It was made in the Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
. The cloth was used for tents in India and Pakistan. Kathee was an alternative name for Salembaree. John Forbes Watson
John Forbes Watson (1827–1892) was a Scottish physician and writer on India.
Life
Born in Scotland, Watson was the son of an Aberdeenshire farmer, George Watson and his wife Jean McHardy. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, where he ...
mentions these fabrics under the Canvas category in his work titled ''Textile Manufactures and Costumes of the people of India.''
See also
*Sailcloth
Sailcloth encompasses a wide variety of materials that span those from natural fibers, such as flax, hemp or cotton in various forms of sail canvas, to synthetic fibers, including nylon, polyester, aramids, and carbon fibers in a variety of wov ...
* Canvas
References
Woven fabrics {{Textile-stub