Beaver cloth
Heavy woolen cloth with a napped surface
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Beaver cloth is a heavy woolen cloth with a napped surface. Beaver is a double cloth; it resembles felted beaver-fur and is suitable for outer garments such as coats and hats. The fabric was formerly[when?] made in England.[1][2][3][4]
Felted beaver fur had been the material of choice for high-quality hats since the 17th century.[5] Beaver cloth was developed in the 19th century to fulfil demand, as the fur trade had hunted beavers to near extinction in Russia and North America.[6]
