| 单词 | book muslin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook muslin book muslin n. now historical a type of fine muslin which is folded in a book-like manner when sold by the piece (piece n. 4a); (also) a dress made of this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate > muslin > thin or fine mulmul1619 mull1678 tarlatan1728 book muslin?1740 organdie1757 book cloth1804 ?1740 A. Lambe Catal. Househ. Furnit. Hon. Col. J. Mercer & N. Hawksmoor 7 A piece of fine book muslin. 1759 Newport Mercury 10 Apr. 4/2 Book Muslin, Cambricks, silk Ferrets. c1793 J. Austen Volume First in Minor Wks. (1954) 72 She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown. 1836 Scenes Comm. by Land & S. 214 Book muslin..is the clearest and finest of all the muslins. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 123 A low book-muslin dress and short kid gloves. 1884 19th Cent. Mar. 406 Think of a widow insisting on being provided with a book muslin. 1936 Times 2 June 15/6 In a genuine mahogany toy chest of drawers repose her best dress of white book muslin.., an afternoon dress of brown checked silk, [etc.]. 2008 L. Joyce Wicked Intentions xi. 119 The servants shifted the chairs among the ebb and flow of crepe de chine and book muslin skirts. < as lemmas |
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