melton

From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlt(ə)n/

melton (countable and uncountable, plural meltons)

1. A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
   • 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:

     ‘Two of the boys are wearing your Melton overcoat; I hope you don't mind.’

   • 2002, Skiing Heritage Journal (volume 14, number 4, page 31)

     Skiwear has moved swiftly away from wool — and cotton — into a brave new world of chemistry. […] Wool pants or knickers, usually of melton — a thick, tightly woven, smooth fabric — were good for shedding snow.

• loment, molten, tolmen