Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very thin muslin, so open in texture as to be transparent, and often rather coarse in quality. It is used for women's evening dress, for widows' caps, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A thin
muslin with an openweave once used for ball-gowns etc
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You look lovelythat rose tulle over the tarlatan is perfection!
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But green tarlatan is not the only fabric which contains arsenic.
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From the look in Miss Green Dresss eyes, I think that gown may be made of green tarlatan.
Two for Thursday, Plus Send Me Book Links Please - A Dress A Day 2010
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Maybe Scarlett OHaras apple-green tarlatan caused her mood swings.
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But green tarlatan is not the only fabric which contains arsenic.
January 2010 2010
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This is commonly done on tarlatan, a coarsely woven, heavily starched, and who-knows-what-else fabric made of cotton.
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I read this post and had to google tarlatan to know what it was.
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Attention has very frequently been called to the presence of large amounts of arsenic in green tarlatan, which has given rise so many times to dangerous symptoms of poisoning when made into dresses and worn, so that it is very rare now to see a green tarlatan dress.
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Attention has very frequently been called to the presence of large amounts of arsenic in green tarlatan, which has given rise so many times to dangerous symptoms of poisoning when made into dresses and worn, so that it is very rare now to see a green tarlatan dress.
January 2010 2010
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I wore white tarlatan over white silk, and the first skirt was looped up to my knee with a blush rose.
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