batiste

American  

[buh-teest, ba-] / bəˈtist, bæ- /

noun

1. a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.

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batiste British  

/ bæˈtiːst /

noun

1. a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses

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Etymology

Origin of batiste

1690–1700; < French; Middle French ( toile de ) ba ( p ) tiste, after Baptiste of Cambrai, said to have been first maker

Example Sentences

On a certain occasion he sent Amaranta a note from jail asking her to embroider a dozen batiste handkerchiefs with his father's initials on them.

From Literature

It was time to try on a draping silk batiste dress with a swirling pattern that Ms. Toledo, who names all of her carefully constructed dresses as if they were artworks, calls “Gingham Motion Gown.”

From New York Times

The breeze which she made by her flight fluttered her thin gown of white batiste with black spots.

From Project Gutenberg

I wore my écru batiste with the heavy white embroidery and the écru bonnet with the wreath of pink and red roses.

From Project Gutenberg

But the words of the Prince gave her such a shock of surprise, such a desire to refute the offensive supposition, that she took the wrinkled batiste from her face.

From Project Gutenberg