sarsnet
- a variation of sarsenet.
Example Sentences
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Then there is the lover, whose woe-begone countenance and unhappy gait, render it really surprising that the heroine, in dirty white sarsnet, should have displayed so much constancy.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 18, 1841 by Various
He had found a partner: no less a personage than Lady Frazer of the lilac sarsnet and diamond bandeau.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Froissart names a surcoat in which Sir John Chandos was attired, which was embroidered with his arms in white sarsnet, argent a field gules, one on his back and another on his breast.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
She let concealment feed upon her cheek—which, to be accurate, was not damask, but rather of the quality of sarsnet.
From True and Other Stories by Lathrop, George Parsons
Peter, Paul, and James, in habits of white sarsnet, and three red mantles, and lace of silver and damask, and pelisses of scarlet.
From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony
