Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of taffeta or plain silk, used for women's and also for men's wear in the eighteenth century and earlier.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.

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  • noun A thick plain silk, generally black, used for clerical garments.

Etymologies

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French armoisin.

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Examples

  • On the right hand of the saloon, are the common dining and drawing rooms; the first furnished with light green; the other, with a pale pink armozeen corded with white, and both trimmed with white silk fringe.

    Vicissitudes in Genteel Life 1794

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  • A stout plain silk, usually black, used for clerical gowns and mourning scarves.

    August 8, 2008