Coir the known carpet firms of Treloar and Sons in Ludgate Hill, England, for the manufacture of coir into various fabrics suitable for floor coverings. Coir fibres are found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut. The individual fibre cells are narrow and hollow, with thick walls made of cellulose. They are pale when immature, but later become hardened and yellowed as a layer of lignin is deposited on their walls. Each cell is about long and in diameter. Fibres are typically long. The two varieties of coir are brown and white. Brown coir harvested from
Douglas (given name) Douglas (given name) Douglas is a Scottish masculine given name which originated from the surname "Douglas". Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as girls name in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the north of England. The Scottish surname "Douglas" was borne by one of the most powerful families of the Kingdom of Scotland (the Earls of Douglas, Angus, Morton, Dukes of Hamilton and others). It has sometimes been stated that the given name is connected with the given name "Dougal", although it is more likely derived from the surname already mentioned. Linguistically,