Muslin
WordNet
noun
(1) Plain-woven cotton fabric
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from in Northern Iraq (cf. 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India.")
Noun
- (textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
- 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502:
- A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]
- 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502:
- Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
- 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 pp1502-1503:
- Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins, and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.
- 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 pp1502-1503:
- A term used for a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen. Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
- A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth.