Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, 1979, defines cravenette as a "Registered
trademark of Crown Metro Inc., The Cravenette Company Division, for a
durable and renewable water repellent treatment applied to woolen and worsted
fabrics and apparel. The term was coined by a Bradford, England, manufacturer
named Wiley who, for want of a better name, used the street on which he lived,
Craven Street, London. The original method was discovered about 60 years
ago."