muslin

American  

[muhz-lin] / ˈmʌz lɪn /

noun

1. a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, especially a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes.

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muslin British  

/ ˈmʌzlɪn /

noun

1. a fine plain-weave cotton fabric

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Other Word Forms

• undermuslin noun

Etymology

Origin of muslin

1600–10; < French mousseline < Italian mussolina, equivalent to Mussol ( o ) Mosul, Iraq (where first made) + -ina -ine ¹

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Example Sentences

Once bound in muslin cloth and sealed with a layer of lard, Hafod is aged for 18 months.

From BBC

By using common materials like silk, canvas, and muslin, the researchers created noise-suppressing fabrics which would be practical to implement in real-world spaces.

From Science Daily

I quickly poured the gunpowder into a little muslin sack that the spicers used to package their goods for customers.

From Literature

And I once took a night class at Parsons School of Design, where, after working at The New York Times all day, I would drape muslin over dress forms.

From Seattle Times

Before being entombed, clerics carefully removed his outer golden vestments, covered him in muslin and doused the shroud with oil in the sign of the cross, chanting Byzantine hymns.

From Reuters