jaconet

[ jak-uh-net ]

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.

jaconet

/ ˈdʒækənɪt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of jaconet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of jaconet¹

C18: from Urdu jagannāthī, from Jagannāthpūrī, India, where it was originally made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 Literature

The end paper makes a section in itself, which, like all others, is taken up in the sewing—it has previously been attached to the third section by means of strips of jaconet.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes it looked like long cloth; at others like mull muslin or jaconet; oftenest it was a species of thick cotton net.

From Project Gutenberg

It is of white jaconet muslin, trimmed with lace and rows of pink ribbon of different widths.

From Project Gutenberg

The English cloth called jaconet, used by some binders, is probably as satisfactory as any.

From Project Gutenberg