habutai
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of habutai
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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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.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2016
When the body has been washed, it is dressed in white, in silk habutai whenever the family can afford it.
From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Alice Mabel Bacon
The bed on which the Empress sleeps is made of heavy futons, or quilts, of white habutai wadded with silk wadding.
From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Alice Mabel Bacon
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