Galatea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Galatea \Gal`a*te"a\, n. [After Galatea, a British man-of-war,
     the material being used for children's sailor suits.]
     A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality
     and striped with blue or red on white.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Galatea
       n : (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created
           by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in
           answer to Pygmalion's prayers