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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mus•lin /ˈmʌzlɪn/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Textilesa cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness, used esp. for sheets.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mus•lin (muz′lin),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, esp. a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.
- Italian mussolina, equivalent. to Mussol(o) Mosul, Iraq (where first made) + -ina -ine1
- French mousseline
- 1600–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: muslin /ˈmʌzlɪn/ n - a fine plain-weave cotton fabric
Etymology: 17th Century: from French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawşilīy of Mosul, from Mawşil Mosul, Iraq, where it was first produced |