jaconet

American  

[jak-uh-net] / ˈdʒæk əˌnɛt /

noun

1. a cotton fabric of light weight, usually finished as cambric, lawn, organdy, voile, etc., used in the manufacture of clothing and bandages.

2. a cotton fabric with one glazed surface, used as a lining for the spines of books.

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jaconet British  

/ ˈdʒækənɪt /

noun

1. a light cotton fabric used for clothing, bandages, etc

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Etymology

Origin of jaconet

1760–70; < Urdu jagannāthī, named after Jagannāthpūrī in Odisha, India, where the cloth was first made

Example Sentences

Boston ladies, their skirts all passe- mentarie and furbelow, India silk and jaconet, crowded the chambers, swiveling their hoops and panniers like dames on clocks to navigate the doors.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Got my haversack lined with jaconet and filled with cut-dressings, very convenient, as you have both hands free.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

End papers may be made of special papers used by the binder, but it is wise to have a 100-pound manila guarded with jaconet on the outside and also on the inside of the fold.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low

Fly-leaves should be made of white book paper, 70 pounds to the ream and guarded with jaconet.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low

First and last sections must be guarded with jaconet.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low