Barragan (cloth)

Barragan (barragon)^[1] was a Spanish term for various types of fabrics or fabric products in the Middle Ages.^[2] Barragan was derived from the Arabic term barrakan, that signified heavy cotton and woolen materials.^[3] Initially meaning a heavy cloth, by the 15th century it had come to mean a luxurious cloth made of silk.^[2] Along with terms such as almuzalla, fazale, and mobatana, barragan was also used to mean a type of table- or altar-cloth.^[4] In the 17th century, the term was revived to mean a twill weave woolen material similar to moleskin.^[1]

See also

• Fustian
• Almerían silk