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▪ I. † ˈpoplin1 Obs.
Also 8 poupelin.
[a. obs. F. poup(e)lin, popelin (16th c. in Godef.), mod.F. dial. poplin, in same sense; of uncertain origin, possibly a fanciful application of obs. F. popelin, ‘a little finicall darling’ (Cotgr.).]
A kind of cake: see quots.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme v. xxii. 723 Poplins are made of the same flower, knodden with milke, yolkes of egges, and fresh butter. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Poupelin, You must plunge the nether crust first,..and afterwards do the same by the upper crust of the Poupelin.
▪ II. poplin2|ˈpɒplɪn|
[ad. F. popeline, for earlier papeline (1667 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. It. papalina, fem. of papalino adj., papal (whence F. papalin adj., a 1646 in Hatz.-Darm.); applied to this material because manufactured at Avignon, until 1791 a papal town, which still has manufactures of silk goods.]
A mixed woven fabric, consisting of a silk warp and worsted weft, and having a corded surface; now made chiefly in Ireland. Also applied to imitations of this (see next).
double poplin, a stiff poplin in which the silk warp and the worsted weft are both very heavy.
1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4706/4 For Sale.., Poplins,..and other Stuffs. 1737N. Jersey Archives XI. 517 The other lin'd with light colour'd Silk Poplin that is pretty well worn. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 199 (Ireland) The mixed goods, or tabinets and poplins have been long celebrated. 1815Jane Austen Emma xxxv, I have some notion of putting such a trimming as this to my white and silver poplin. 1882Beck Draper's Dict. s.v., Many poplins now made have not a particle of silk in their structure, but are composed of worsted and flax or worsted and cotton, to the great detriment of their appearance, wear, and reputation.
attrib.1751Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1862) III. 34, I have bought for my mourning a dark grey Irish poplin sack. 1861Sala Ship-Chandler iv. (1862) 78 Ladies, with fans, and topknots, and poplin gowns, and pearl necklaces. |