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moreen|mɒˈriːn|
Also 8 morine.
[Of obscure origin; possibly a fanciful formation on moire. Cf. morella.]
A stout woollen or woollen and cotton material either plain or watered, used for curtains, etc. Also attrib.
a1691G. Etherege Song of Basset 4 Wks. (1704) 287 Let Equipage and Dress despair, Since Basset is come in; For nothing can oblige the Fair Like Mony and Morine. 1796C. Smith Marchmont III. 67 A high, long, old⁓fashion room, with a dark blue morine bed at the end of it. 1797Bradford Parish Acc. (E.D.D.), Moreen and lace, 12s. 1d. Making a curtain of it before the organ, 14s. 1d. 1823J. F. Cooper Pioneers vii, Her petticoat of green mooren. 1857J. H. Walsh Dom. Econ. 183 Woollen damasks and moreens are sold at from 9d. to 1s. 6d. per yard. a1864Hawthorne Dolliver Rom. (1883) 15 The old gentleman..pulled aside the faded moreen curtains of his ancient bed. 1905Longm. Mag. July 198 She had discarded horsehair for cretonne and moreen for dimity.
b. Comb.: moreen-damask, moreen-silk.
1837T. Hook Jack Brag xx. III. 185 An unsavoury smell of pitch, moreen-damask, savoury viands, and fresh paint. 1889John Bull 2 Mar. 151/2 A dress of blue moreen silk. |