Muslin

2 definitions found

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

  Muslin \Mus"lin\, n. [F. mousseline; cf. It. mussolino, mussolo,
     Sp. muselina; all from Mussoul a city of Mesopotamia, Ar.
     Mausil, Syr. Mauzol, Muzol, Mosul, where it was first
     manufactured. Cf. {Mull} a kind of cloth.]
     A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also
     applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and


     sheeting muslins. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven
     as {percale}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     {Muslin cambric}. See {Cambric}.
  
     {Muslin delaine}, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses.
        See {Delaine}. [Written also {mousseline de laine}.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muslin
       n : plain-woven cotton fabric