Definition for DRAB

DRAB, n.2 [Fr. drap, cloth; It. drappo; Sp. trapo, and without the prefix t, ropa, cloth; Port. roupa, whence robe. From the French we have draper, drapery, as the Spanish have ropage, for drapery. This word seems allied to the L. trabea.]

A kind of thick woolen cloth.

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