melton mowbray is home to melton cloth (first mentioned in 1823), which is a tightly woven woollen cloth that is heavily milled, and a nap raised so as to form a short, dense, non-lustrous pile. sailors' pea coats are traditionally made of melton cloth, as are the universal workmans' donkey jackets of britain and ireland, and in north america, loggers' "cruising jackets" and mackinaws.