/kal"i koh'/ , n. , pl. calicoes, calicos , adj.
n.
1. a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
2. Brit. plain white cotton cloth.
3. an animal having a spotted or particolored coat.
4. Obs. a figured cotton cloth from India.
adj.
5. made of calico.
6. resembling printed calico; spotted or mottled.
[ 1495-1505; short for Calico cloth, var. of CALICUT CLOTH, named after city in India which orig. exported it ]