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ba·tiste
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noun
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
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Origin:
1690–1700;
<
French;
Middle French
(
toile de
)
ba
(
p
)
tiste,
after
Baptiste
of Cambrai, said to have been first maker
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batiste
(bæˈtiːst)
—
n
a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses
[C17: from French, from Old French
toile de baptiste
, probably after
Baptiste
of Cambrai, 13th-century French weaver, its reputed inventor]
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