silk shag

English

Noun

silk shag (countable and uncountable, plural silk shags)

1. A coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap.
   • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:

     Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag".