bombazine

bom·ba·zine  (bmb-zn)

n.

A fine twilled fabric of silk and worsted or cotton, often dyed black and used for mourning clothes.

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[French bombasin, from Medieval Latin bambacnum, cotton fabric, from bombax, bombac-, cotton, from Latin bombx, silk, silkworm, from Greek bombx, silkworm.]

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bombazine, bombasine [ˌbɒmbəˈziːn ˈbɒmbəˌziːn]

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning

[from Old French bombasin, from Latin bombȳcinus silken, from bombyx silkworm, silk; see bombacaceous]

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Noun

1.

bombazine - a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments" 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"