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

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jaconet

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

Under his khaki great-coat and about a foot longer he wore a white jaconet hospital coat.

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon

Nainsook, nān′sōōk, n. a kind of muslin like jaconet, both plain and striped.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

I just hate to hear about ruffles cut on the straight or bias, and I couldn't tell what Dacca muslin, or jaconet, or dimity was to save myself.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Amanda Minnie Douglas

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 Noel Rooke