Sentence:  Formerly, <WSD>shoddy</WSD> cloth was “used only for padding, and such like purposes, but now blankets, flushings, druggets, carpets, and table covers, cloth for pilot and Petersham great” coats, &c., are either wholly or partly made of <WSD>shoddy</WSD>, which, in fact, is “occasionally worn by everybody. The beautiful woollen table covers are made wholly of <WSD>shoddy</WSD>, being printed by aqua-fortis from designs drawn in London and Manchester, and cut on holly and other blocks, on the spot.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.