jaconet

American  

[jak-uh-net] / ˈdʒæk əˌnɛt /

noun

1. a cotton fabric of light weight, usually finished as cambric, lawn, organdy, voile, etc., used in the manufacture of clothing and bandages.

2. a cotton fabric with one glazed surface, used as a lining for the spines of books.

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jaconet British  

/ ˈdʒækənɪt /

noun

1. a light cotton fabric used for clothing, bandages, etc

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Etymology

Origin of jaconet

1760–70; < Urdu jagannāthī, named after Jagannāthpūrī in Odisha, India, where the cloth was first made

Example Sentences

Boston ladies, their skirts all passe- mentarie and furbelow, India silk and jaconet, crowded the chambers, swiveling their hoops and panniers like dames on clocks to navigate the doors.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

If the back of the signature is badly worn, mend it by guarding with jaconet on the outside, or by pasting a strip of bond paper down through the center of the fold.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low

At the windows, curtains of heavy white jaconet muslin, not too full, hung in sharp parallel plaits to the floor—just to the floor.

From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott

Guarding with jaconet prevents the threads which lie in the middle of the signatures from pulling through the paper.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low

The jaconet and paper attached must be put into warm water until the split paper floats off.

From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel