Percale has a thread count of about 180 or higher and is noticeably tighter than twill or sateen.
It is made from both carded and combed yarns, and may be woven of various fibers, such as cotton, polyester, or various blends.
[2] Moris or mauris was the 18th-century French term used for percale, the cloth imported from India.
[10] The word may originate from the Persian: پرگاله : pargālah, meaning rag,[11][12] although the Oxford English Dictionary (as of December 2005) has traced it only as far as 18th-century French.
The dictionary of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans describes pexal and perxal as some kind of silk fabric in the year 1348 in Valencia.