bombazine

bom·ba·zine

 (bŏm′bə-zēn′)

n.

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

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[French bombasin, from Medieval Latin bambacīnum, cotton fabric, from bombax, bombac-, cotton, from Latin bombȳx, silk, silkworm, from Greek bombūx, silkworm.]

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bombazine

(ˌbɒmbəˈziːn; ˈbɒmbəˌziːn) or

bombasine

n

(Textiles) a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning

[C16: from Old French bombasin, from Latin bombӯcinus silken, from bombyx silkworm, silk; see bombacaceous]

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bom•ba•zine

(ˌbɒm bəˈzin, ˈbɒm bəˌzin)

n.

a twill fabric constructed of a silk warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.

[1545–55; earlier bombasin < Middle French < Medieval Latin bombasinum, variant of bombȳcinum, n. use of neuter of Latin bombȳcinus silken < Greek bombykinos=bombȳk-, s. of bómbȳx silkworm + -inos -ine¹]

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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"

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