ba·tiste

(bə-tēst′, bă-)

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

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

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batiste

(bæˈtiːst)

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

[C17: from French, from Old French toile de baptiste, probably after Baptiste of Cambrai, 13th-century French weaver, its reputed inventor]

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ba•tiste

(bəˈtist, bæ-)

n.

a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.

[1690–1700; < French; Middle French (toile de) ba(p)tiste, after Baptiste of Cambrai, said to have been its first maker]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

batista battista

batiste

[bæˈtiːst] N → batista f

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batiste

n → Batist m

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