sarcenet

or sarse·net, sars·net

[ sahrs-nit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.

sarcenet

/ ˈsɑːsnɪt /

1425–75; late Middle English sarsenet < Anglo-French sarzinet, probably equivalent to sarzin- Saracen + -et -et

C15: from Old French sarzinet, from Sarrazin Saracen

She was in her new suit of black sarcenet and yellow petticoat very pretty.

There is also something satisfactory about baudrik powdered with Cyprian gold, and even about chamelet and sarcenet.

Item a bedde with a sparver and counterpoint of cloth of golde, the curteyns of double sarcenet.

There are several looms, but they do not yet know how to work them well; they make good taffetas, sarcenet, and silk serges.

The green sarcenet curtain moved ominously, and the form of Richard Sheridan was disclosed in its folds.

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