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pagri cloth en · NOUN
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(India, qualifier:textile, uncountable) A fabric used for turbans and other garments
As an optional extra you can, if you are a man, buy a length of gaily coloured pagri cloth, pink, red, chocolate or fretted brown or white, and have it wound on your head as a turban in the distinctive Rajput style.
1977, James Elliott, India, London: Batsford, page 191:Pagri-cloth coats are useful in the hot weather
1916, The Royal Engineers Journal, page 237: