A dress made of this material.

Short for tabby gown or dress.

A dress or other article of clothing made of satin.

A kind of glossy silk fabric; a dress or a ribbon of this material.

A lady's silk dress.

Any of various lightweight cotton fabrics in a plain weave. Also: a piece of such fabric; a dress or other article of clothing made of muslin.

A thin, light dress fabric, typically made of silk; a garment made of this.

A garment, esp. a dress or shawl, made of merino (sense B. 2a).

French muslin; a piece of this; a dress of this material. Also: = mousseline de laine, n., mousseline de soie, n.

A dress or other item of clothing made of this fabric. Obsolete.

A velvet dress.

A kind of thin open muslin, used esp. for ball-dresses. Frequently attributive. Also absol., to designate a dress made of this fabric.

A dress of velveteen.

A coarse brown silk (furnished by Antheræa mylitta and other species of silkworm) made in and imported from India. Also elliptical a dress made of…

(in early use probably) a dress made of a paperlike fabric (cf. paper taffeta n.); (later) a dress made of paper, esp. an inexpensive disposable one.

A closely-woven fabric of silk and wool or cotton, etc., used for dresses, the covering of umbrellas, etc.; also, a dress of this fabric.

Used attributively of wool obtained thence, or of cloth or garments made from this or in imitation of it; applied (usually thibet) to (a) a heavy…

a dress of washing material: cf. tub-frock n.

= tub-dress n.