delaine

[ duh-leyn ]

noun
  1. (initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.

  2. a high-quality wool of combing length often used in worsteds.

  1. a high-grade worsted dress goods formerly in use.

Origin of delaine

1
1830–40; <French (mousseline) de laine (muslin) of wool

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How to use delaine in a sentence

  • Calicoes, cottons, all-wool delaines, and lining cambrics should be cut in strips at least an inch wide.

    Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse Earle
  • To be sure, Prissy Hoskins's delaines and calicoes didn't need to be contrived after Demorest's fashion-plates.

  • Then there were two silks, and one or two delaines, and ever so many French calicoes.

  • They talked of this, devised a mode, recalled other delaines.

    Miss Lulu Bett | Zona Gale

British Dictionary definitions for delaine

delaine

/ (dəˈleɪn) /


noun
  1. a sheer wool or wool and cotton fabric

Origin of delaine

1
C19: from French mousseline de laine muslin of wool

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