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percale

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per·cale  (pr-kl)
n.
A closely woven cotton fabric used for sheets and clothing.
[French, from Persian parglah, rag.]
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Noun1.percalepercale - a fine closely 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"


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