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muslin

[ muhz-lin ]

noun

  1. a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.


muslin

/ ˈmʌzlɪn /

noun

  1. a fine plain-weave cotton fabric


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Other Words From

  • under·muslin noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of muslin1

1600–10; < French mousseline < Italian mussolina, equivalent to Mussol ( o ) Mosul, Iraq (where first made) + -ina -ine 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of muslin1

C17: from French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawşilīy of Mosul, from Mawşil Mosul, Iraq, where it was first produced

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Example Sentences

From the Muslin Disease to chopines and fashion braces, a look at the deadliest fashion trends throughout history.

Mini Boden Large Muslin Swaddling Cloths, $40 at Nordstrom  8.

Lyall provided the supporting structure, employing quarter-inch nylon boning sheathed in muslin to facilitate sewing.

The few who caught a glimpse of her in the white muslin dress “thought she looked like a snowdrop,” Barker notes.

Fourteen-inch waists and mercury-eaten complexions for the Elizabethans, pthisis- inducing sponged muslin for Romantic groupies.

The windows and dressing-table were covered with white muslin, and there was a canopy of the same above the little brass bedstead.

The string of pearls was coiled up in the midst of the roll of soiled muslin and the badge was pinned to one of the folds.

Directly opposite was the house of Honey-Bee, a house or rather a cottage of one room all hung with white muslin.

Separate the cream by straining through muslin, and shake out as much water as possible.

Strain the whole through very fine muslin, and add the essential oils, previously mixed with the spirit.

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