Found 2 items, similar to Muslin.
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Definition: muslin
muslin
n : plain-woven cotton fabric
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Muslin
Muslin
\Mus"lin\, n. [F. mousseline; cf. It. mussolino, mussolo,
Sp. muselina; all from Mussoul a city of Mesopotamia, Ar.
Mausil, Syr. Mauzol, Muzol, Mosul, where it was first
manufactured. Cf.
Mull a kind of cloth.]
A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also
applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and
sheeting muslins. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven
as
percale.
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Muslin cambric. See
Cambric.
Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses.
See
Delaine. [Written also
mousseline de laine.]
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