An inferior grey dress fabric, formerly the common garb of working girls in France. (In quot. 1700 attributive.)

The threads or cords of a net collectively; netting. Hence: a material formed of a network of threads, wires, etc., or containing a pattern of holes…

A kind of shaggy or curly (originally woollen) cloth resembling the coat of a poodle; a garment made of this cloth. Cf. poodle cloth n. at…

Textiles (originally and chiefly U.S.). A soft open-weave napped woollen material, or a cotton fabric resembling this. Also attributive in albatross…

More fully momie cloth. A commercial name for: any of various fabrics more or less resembling the material used for mummy-cloths. Cf. mummy cloth, n.…

(see quots.).

U.S. = momie, n.

= sense 2.

(also as noun, sc. ‘material’).

Esp. during the Second World War (1939–45). The material used to cover windows in this way; (in plural) curtains, blinds, etc., made for this purpose.

the property of a garment or fabric of being easily washed, drying readily, and needing no ironing; usually attributive.

A breathable fabric or item of clothing. Chiefly in plural.

A proprietary name for: a lightweight, breathable, weatherproof, synthetic fabric used in the manufacture of clothing and equipment for camping…