harateen

The day was close; the window-shutters were fastened; a huge fire blazed in the chimney; thick harateen curtains were close drawn round the bed, where the wretched squire lay extended under an enormous load of blankets.

The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves 2004

Old Wortley Montagu lives on the very spot where the dragon of Wantley did, only I believe the latter was much better lodged: you never saw such a wretched hovel; lean, unpainted, and half its nakedness barely shaded with harateen stretched till it cracks.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757

The day was close; the window-shutters were fastened; a huge fire blazed in the chimney; thick harateen curtains were close drawn round the bed, where the wretched squire lay extended under an enormous load of blankets.

The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Tobias George Smollett 1746