Moleskin
a strong twilled cotton fabric (fustian), cropped or shorn beclothing. So called from its being soft, fore dyeing; much used for workmen's clothing. So called from its being soft, like the skin of a mole. In the United States the word is also applied to the padded breeches made of moleskin which are worn by football players. The name has also been used to describe a kind of broadcloth. writer; born of Scotch parentage in LOUISA STEWART), an English were published when she was only six- 1842 in Holland. Her first attempts were published when she was only sixteen. Her first complete works were Graham," when she was about 24. They were the novels: "Lover and Husband"; "She was Young and He was Old"; "Not "Miss Bouverie." When she was about years later "Hathercourt Rectory"; and 30 she began to write for children and was at once successful. Her children's stories included: "Tell Me a Story" Room" (1879) ; "Her Baby" (1881); "Rectory Children" (1890); "The Green Casket" (1890); "Children of the Castle" (1890); "The Magic Nuts" (1898); "The Grim House" (1899); "This and That."