noun
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
Origin:
1690–1700; < French; Middle French (toile de) ba(p)tiste, after Baptiste of Cambrai, said to have been first maker
1690–1700; < French; Middle French (toile de) ba(p)tiste, after Baptiste of Cambrai, said to have been first maker
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| —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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