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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

chalon

, from

Châlons

, in France, where it was first made.]

A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.

In blue

shalloon

shall Hannibal be clad.

Swift.

Noun.

A slight woolen stuff.

shalloon ‎(plural shalloons)

A fabric of tightly woven wool, mainly used for the linings of articles of clothing.
(historical) A band for tying the tail of a wig, made of such material.
A material used as liner in artillery rounds between the casing and propellant or bursting charge. Also used as tying for silk bags containing the propellant charge in larger guns.