habutai
or ha·bu·tae
[ hah-buh-tahy ]
noun
a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
Origin of habutai
11890–95; <Japanese habutae, equivalent to ha feathers (<fa<*pa) + -butae, combining form of futa-e (<futa-f(y)e<*puta pe) two layers
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How to use habutai in a sentence
When the body has been washed, it is dressed in white, in silk habutai whenever the family can afford it.
Japanese Girls and Women | Alice Mabel BaconThe bed on which the Empress sleeps is made of heavy futons, or quilts, of white habutai wadded with silk wadding.
Japanese Girls and Women | Alice Mabel Bacon
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