muslin
(noun) plain-woven cotton fabric
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• 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
22 February 2025
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