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habutai

or ha·bu·tae

[ hah-buh-tahy ]

noun

  1. a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of habutai1

1890–95; < 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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Example Sentences

Gersha Phillips, the costume designer who also made all the clothes for “Miles Ahead,” including a kimono in habutai, did not know how fashionable the trumpeter was until she started her research.

When the body has been washed, it is dressed in white, in silk habutai whenever the family can afford it.

The bed on which the Empress sleeps is made of heavy futons, or quilts, of white habutai wadded with silk wadding.

These curtains to be of habutai silk.

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