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sarcenet
[ sahrs-nit ]
noun
- a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.
sarcenet
/ ˈsɑːsnɪt /
noun
- a fine soft silk fabric formerly from Italy and used for clothing, ribbons, etc
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Origin of sarcenet1
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Example Sentences
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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