Cobweb lawn
| a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. - Beck. Draper's Dict. |
See also: Cobweb
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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(24.) Lawn could refer either to a fine type of linen or silk
cobweb lawn from which ruffs, sleeves, and kerchiefs were made.
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