tarlatann.
/ˈtɑːlətən/ A kind of thin open muslin, used esp. for ball-dresses. Frequently attributive. Also absol., to designate a dress made of this fabric.
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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
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [adjective] > fine, light, or delicate > muslin > specific
organdie1757
mull1810
tarlatan1844
nainsook1852
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > made of specific material
farandine1672
tabby1726
satin1730
lutestring1756
silk1793
muslinc1794
zephyrine1820
merino1839
mousseline1847
moire1851
velvet1851
tarlatan1852
velveteen1873
tussore1884
paper dress1886
Gloria1895
Tibet1900
tub-dress1909
tub-frock1909
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Musslin There are various kinds of Muslins brought from the East-Indies, chiefly Bengall; Betelles, Tarnatans, Mallemolles.
1844 Lexington (Kentucky) Observer 25 Sept. 1/6 Tarlatan Muslin..will be sold.
1849 Trelawny (Jamaica) 24 Apr. 1/2 Rich colored gingham, and tarleton plaid.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xviii. 309 I was just dying to know whether you would appear in your pink tarletane.
1853 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. iii. 219 The cheapening of a tarlatan muslin.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tarlatan, a kind of book~muslin principally made in Scotland.
1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School x. 209 Cecy has got some beautiful new dresses,—a white muslin, a blue tarlatan, and a pink silk.
1873 Young Englishwoman Jan. 51/3 Does she never go to a ball or dance, and require the extra dress in the shape of a white tarlatan or something of that sort?
1903 Daily Chron. 3 Oct. 8/4 Tarlatan is another old-world material now being resuscitated for evening dresses.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind 175 Maybelle Merriwether went toward the next booth..in an apple-green tarlatan so wide that it reduced her waist to nothingness.
1936 N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes iv. 50 When you start on Monday you're having rompers, two each, black-patent ankle-strap shoes, and white tarlatan dresses, two each, with white sandal shoes.
1975 New Yorker 29 Dec. 23/3 Sleptsov also found..a tarlatan bag on a collapsible hoop (and the muslin still smelled of summer and sun-hot grass).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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