Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Barracan"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barracan \Bar"ra*can\, n. [F. baracan, bouracan (cf. Pr.
barracan, It. baracane, Sp. barragan, Pg. barregana, LL.
barracanus), fr. Ar. barrak[=a]n a kind of black gown, perh.
fr. Per. barak a garment made of camel's hair.]
A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used
for outer garments in the Levant.
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