muslin
[ muhz-lin ]
noun
a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
Origin of muslin
11600–10; <French mousseline<Italian mussolina, equivalent to Mussol(o) Mosul, Iraq (where first made) + -ina-ine1
Other words from muslin
- un·der·mus·lin, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for muslin
muslin
/ (ˈmʌzlɪn) /
noun
a fine plain-weave cotton fabric
Origin of muslin
1C17: from French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawşilīy of Mosul, from Mawşil Mosul, Iraq, where it was first produced
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