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nun's cloth

/ nʌnz /

noun

  1. a thin soft plain-weave silk or worsted fabric used for veils, dresses, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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She was attired, this evening, in a simple gray frock of nun's cloth with a bunch of white roses on her left shoulder.

"In her navy blue nun's cloth and Russian lace," said Adela.

Etamine—A light woolen cloth similar to batiste and nun's cloth, used for women's and children's wear.

"In her navy blue nun's cloth and Russian lace," said Adela.

There was a white China silk, with belt and shoulder-knots of black velvet; a white Japanese crepe, with purple lilacs strewed over its surface, and frills of violet ribbon for ornament; a Christmas dress of soft, white camel's hair, with bands of white-fox fur round the slightly pointed neck and elbow-sleeves; and, last of all, a Quaker gown of silver-gray nun's cloth, with a surplice and full undersleeves of white cr�pe-lisse.

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