muslin

== English == === Alternative forms === muselin === Etymology === From French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq (compare 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India."). Doublet of mousseline. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʌz.lɪn/ === Noun === muslin (usually uncountable, plural muslins) (textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth. (US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven. Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen. (US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments. (countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting. Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica. Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “muslin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “muslin”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Sumlin, ulmins, unslim == Romanian == === Noun === muslin n (plural muslinuri) alternative form of muselină ==== Declension ====