batiste

ba·tiste  (b-tst, b-)

n.

A fine, plain-woven fabric made from various fibers and used especially for clothing.

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[French, from Old French, perhaps after Baptiste of Cambrai, 13th-century textile maker.]

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batiste [bæˈtiːst]

n

(Clothing & Fashion) a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses

[from French, from Old French toile de baptiste, probably after Baptiste of Cambrai, 13th-century French weaver, its reputed inventor]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

batiste - a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

Translations

batiste [bæˈtiːst] N → batista f

batiste

n → Batist m