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Muslin - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Muslin : (noun)
1: plain-woven cotton fabric
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Muslin cambric. See Cambric.
Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses.
See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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