Broadcloth is a dense woolen fabric. Modern broadcloth can be
omposed of cotton, silk, or polyester, but traditionally broadcloth was made solely of wool. The dense weave lends sturdiness to the material.

Broadcloth has the finest rib of any of the spun yarn fabrics because the warp and filling yarns are the same size. The fine rib is due to the much higher number of warp yarns(2 to 1 or more).

It was made in several parts of England at the end of the medieval period. The raw material was short staple wool, carded and spun into yarn and then woven on a broad loom to produce cloth 1.75 yards wide it was then fulled, usually in a fulling mill. When fulled, the fibers of the cloth would felt together, resulting in a smooth surface.

Wool broadcloth with its felted, velvety-like feel, has been a popular material for many years in furniture and luxury car interiors.