Dictionary entry

Caddis (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cad″dis, n. [OE. caddas, Scot. caddis lint, caddes a kind of woolen cloth, cf. Gael. cada, cadadh, a kind of cloth, cotton, fustian, W. cadas, F. cadis.] A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. “Caddises, cambrics, lawns.” Shak.