MUSLIN

muslin

(noun) plain-woven cotton fabric

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

muslin (usually uncountable, plural muslins)

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

(US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.

Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.

(US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.

(countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.

Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.

Anagrams

• Sumlin, ulmins, unslim

Source: Wiktionary


Mus"lin, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric.

– Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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