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sarcenet

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sarce⋅net

  [sahrs-nit]
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–noun
a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used esp. for linings.
Also, sarsenet, sarsnet.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME sarsenet < AF sarzinet, prob. equiv. to sarzin- Saracen + -et -et
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sarce·net   (särs'nĭt)   
n.  A fine soft silk cloth.

[Middle English sarsenet, from Anglo-Norman sarzinett, perhaps from Old French Saracin, Saracen, from Late Latin Saracēnus; see Saracen.]
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