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ninon|ninɔ̃| [Fr.] A light-weight fabric, used esp. in dresses, made in a plain weave from silk, rayon, or nylon.
1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 15 Apr. 24/1 (Advt.), Three large shipments just to hand making our stock replete with every desired line of silks..Bengaline,..Tamaline..Ninon. 1913W. J. Locke Stella Maris xiii. 160 Dressed in a soft grey ninon gown. 1923Daily Mail 24 Feb. 11 Novel ninons are patterned with designs resembling finely worked embroideries. 1929D. L. Moore Pandora's Letter Box xiv. 254 Everything must be of silk, georgette, triple ninon and so forth. 1948G. L. Fraser Textiles by Britain 165 Ninon, fine and closely woven plain-weave semi-transparent dress cloth made either in silk or rayon. 1968Hollen & Saddler Textiles (ed. 3) xvi. 140/1 Ninon is a filament sheer widely used for curtains. |