batiste

[ buh-teest, ba- ]

noun

1. a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.

batiste

/ bæˈtiːst /

noun

1. a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses

Word History and Origins

Origin of batiste¹

1690–1700; < French; Middle French ( toile de ) ba ( p ) tiste, after Baptiste of Cambrai, said to have been first maker

Word History and Origins

Origin of batiste¹

C17: from French, from Old French toile de baptiste , probably after Baptiste of Cambrai, 13th-century French weaver, its reputed inventor

Example Sentences

On a certain occasion he sent Amaranta a note from jail asking her to embroider a dozen batiste handkerchiefs with his father's initials on them.

From Literature

It was time to try on a draping silk batiste dress with a swirling pattern that Ms. Toledo, who names all of her carefully constructed dresses as if they were artworks, calls “Gingham Motion Gown.”

From New York Times

With his other hand he ventured beneath her well-starched dress, running his fingers up her child’s legs until he found the lace of her batiste petticoats and her woolen drawers with their elastic bands.

From Literature

The breeze which she made by her flight fluttered her thin gown of white batiste with black spots.

From Project Gutenberg

I wore my écru batiste with the heavy white embroidery and the écru bonnet with the wreath of pink and red roses.

From Project Gutenberg