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muslin

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mus·lin  (mzln)
n.
Any of various sturdy cotton fabrics of plain weave, used especially for sheets.

[French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo, Mosul, Iraq, from Arabic (al-)Mawil, from mawil, place of joining, from waala, to join; see wl in Semitic roots.]

muslin [ˈmʌzlɪn]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fine plain-weave cotton fabric
[from French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawşilīy of Mosul, from Mawşil Mosul, Iraq, where it was first produced]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.muslinmuslin - plain-woven cotton fabric            
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"
nainsook - a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies
organdie, organdy - a sheer stiff muslin
Translations
muslin [ˈmʌzlɪn]
A. Nmuselina f
B. ADJde muselina

muslin [ˈmʌzlɪn] nmousseline f

muslin
nMusselin m
adjaus Musselin

muslin [ˈmʌzlɪn]
1. nmussola (di cotone)
2. adjdi mussola

muslin [ˈmʌzlɪn]
1. nmussola (di cotone)
2. adjdi mussola

muslin
n / adj muslin [ˈmazlin]
(of) a type of fine soft cotton cloth. moeselien موسْلين: نَسيج قُطْني муселин mušelín(ový) musselin der Musselin μουσελίνα muselina musliin پارچه کتانی محکم musliini mousseline אֲרִיג מוּסלִין मलमल muslin muszlin kain katun mússulín mussola 綿モスリン (옷감, 커튼감으로 쓰이는) 모슬린 muslinas muslīns muslin mousseline musselin muślin(owy) musselina muselină муслин mušelín; mušelínový muslin muslin muslin ผ้าฝ้าย muslin (kumaş) 平紋細布 муслін سوتی ململ vải muxơlin


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But what interested me most was the slender figure of a dainty girl, clad only in a thin bit of muslin which scarce covered her knees--a bit of muslin torn and ragged about the lower hem.
Here's a piece o' figured muslin now, what's the use o' you lookin' at it?
I look at it, and there dawns upon me brightly, from the dark greenish-brown background of the summer- house, a light, youthful figure, clothed in a simple muslin dress, the pattern of it formed by broad alternate stripes of delicate blue and white.
 
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