Fustian

Fustian is a name given to certain kinds of heavy cotton fabrics, including moleskin, velveret, velveteen, beaverteen, corduroy, and other varieties. They are chiefly used for men's apparel, and are nearly all of the nature of velvet, but in the case of corduroy the loops forming the pile are uncut. Fustian cloth with a velvet pile is first woven on the loom, after which the surface weft threads are successively cut, brushed, or teazled, and singed on a hot iron cylinder. The cloth is then bleached and dyed. According to the particular kind of fustian, the face is cropped or shorn either before or after it is dyed. See VELVET.