Obs. [ad. F. vigogne: see prec.] (See quots.)
1656. Blount, Glossogr., To Rdr. The Haberdasher is ready to furnish you with a Vigone, Codebec, or Castor, &c. Ibid., Vigone, a kind of Demicaster, or Hat, of late so called, from the fine Wool, which for the most part they are made of, borne by a kinde of sheep of Spain of that name.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Vigone … a sort of Spanish Wooll; or a Hat made of that Wooll.
1714. Fr. Bk. of Rates, 379. Hats of Vigone.
