- (especially British English)
a type of heavy cotton cloth that is usually plain white （纯白）厚棉布 - (especially North American English)
a type of rough cotton cloth that has a pattern printed on it 印花粗棉布
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally also calicut): alteration of Calicut, a seaport in the state of Kerala in SW India, where the fabric originated.