Some thin or delicate textile fabric, used esp. by women for veils or head-coverings; ? a crape-like material. Cf. crisp, adj. 3. Obsolete.

A thin silk fabric used as a dress material, originally imported to Britain from China in the late 17th cent.

A light, silky dress-fabric, resembling gauze, originally made at Baréges.

a light twilled dress fabric typically woven from wool or from worsted and silk.

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 type of light fabric.

A type of light silk fabric. Cf. sense A. 5.

? Soft feathery material for dress.

a thin, light plain-weave fabric used for blouses and dresses; cf. nun's veil cloth n.

Short for zenana cloth n. (a) at compounds 2. Now rare.

A kind of thin dress material.

A proprietary name for: a kind of lightweight fabric used for clothing, used attributively in Palm Beach cloth, Palm Beach jacket, Palm Beach suit…