Calico
English Meaning
Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
- A coarse, brightly printed cloth.
- Chiefly British A plain white cotton cloth, heavier than muslin.
- An animal, such as a cat, having a coat that is mottled in tones of white with red and black.