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mousseline

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mousse·line  (ms-ln)
n.
1. A fine sheer fabric resembling muslin, originally made in Mosul, Iraq.
2. A hollandaise sauce to which whipped cream has been added.
3. An aspic containing whipped cream.
[French; see muslin.]
mousseline (French) [muslin]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fine fabric made of rayon or silk
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a type of fine glass
3. (Cookery) short for mousseline sauce
[French: muslin]


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In a low chair beneath a red shaded standing lamp sat Ida, in a diaphanous evening dress of mousseline de soie, the ruddy light tinging her sweet childlike face, and glowing on her golden curls.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The robe was of mousseline de laine--a material which the manufacturers had not yet sent to the Paris markets; a delightful stuff which some months later was to have a wild success, a success which went further and lasted longer than most French fashions.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
As we approached, the door flew open, and a little blonde woman stood in the opening, clad in some sort of light mousseline de soie, with a touch of fluffy pink chiffon at her neck and wrists.
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