caddis

noun3

1. •
   The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.

   • However, even during times when the river is clear, [brown drakes'] presence is overshadowed by the overwhelming waves of caddis that are on the water and emerging at the same time. — 2013
2. •
   A rough woolen cloth; caddice.
3. •
   A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.

   • Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i’ th Rainebow; Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th’ grosse: Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes: — 1610