Barracan
Barracan ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French baracan, bouracan (compare Pr. barracan, Italian baracane, Sp. barragan, Portuguese barregana, Late Latin barracanus), from Arabic barrakān a kind of black gown, perh. from Per. barak a garment made of camel's hair.]
A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.