Căl'i-co or CĂL'I-CŌES, n.

n.; pl. CĂL'I-CŌES. [Fr. calicot, so called because it was first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies.]

1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use; as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, &c. [Eng.]
2. Printed cotton cloth, coarser than muslin. [U.S.]