bombazine
[bom-buh-zeen, bom-buh-zeen]
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noun
a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
Also bombasine, bom·ba·zeen.
Origin of bombazine
1545–55; earlier bombasin < Middle French < Medieval Latin bombasinum, variant of bombȳcinum, noun use of neuter of Latin bombȳcinus silken < Greek bombȳ́kinos, equivalent to bombȳk-, stem of bómbȳx silkworm + -inos -ine1
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And what wonders of revelation in the bombazine pocket of the one and the sleeve of the other!
The Wedding RingT. De Witt Talmage
Bombazine, the silk and worsted stuff of which a lawyer's gown was made.
St. Ronan's WellSir Walter Scott
Here comes another with a sou'-wester and a bombazine cloak.
Moby Dick; or The WhaleHerman Melville
We were admitted by a very sour-looking female in bombazine.
St. IvesRobert Louis Stevenson
Short, wrinkled and bent with age, she wore a bombazine gown of antique cut—its whilom black red-rusty from time's dye.
Four Years in Rebel CapitalsT. C. DeLeon
bombazine
bombasine
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Word Origin for bombazine
C16: from Old French bombasin, from Latin bombӯcinus silken, from bombyx silkworm, silk; see bombacaceous
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