Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft, light, loosely woven cotton or worsted fabric.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A textile fabric; a kind of bunting. See
tamin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A soft cotton or
worsted fabric with an openmesh .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Truvy had taken over an hour to fix herself up; almond green bouclé etamine, the light wool fabric keeping the chill at bay.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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Truvy had taken over an hour to fix herself up; almond green bouclé etamine, the light wool fabric keeping the chill at bay.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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Truvy had taken over an hour to fix herself up; almond green bouclé etamine, the light wool fabric keeping the chill at bay.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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Truvy had taken over an hour to fix herself up; almond green bouclé etamine, the light wool fabric keeping the chill at bay.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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= Similar to etamine, with a very close mesh, made first of silk and wool.
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= An etamine is a thin, glossy fabric used principally for women's dress goods.
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Etamines were originally made with worsted yarns, which of course are more expensive; however, if a good quality of cotton is used, there is little difference in appearance between worsted and cotton etamine.
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The principal characteristic of an etamine is a crisp, glossy, and open structure.
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It was of homespun, hard-twisted wool _etamine_ very durable, of a sort which is made, with slight variations, in several governments.
Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889
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The name Etam is short for the etamine fabric used in undergarment production.
Reuters: Top News 2010
hernesheir commented on the word etamine
(n): woolen bunting or canvas that is more or less transparent, worn over clothing of a contrasting color.
January 7, 2009