moreen

American  

[muh-reen] / məˈrin /

noun

1. a heavy fabric of wool, or wool and cotton, with a ribbed face and a moiré finish, used for curtains, petticoats, etc.

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moreen British  

/ mɒˈriːn /

noun

1. a heavy, usually watered, fabric of wool or wool and cotton, used esp in furnishing

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Etymology

Origin of moreen

1685–95; mor- (perhaps variant of moire ) + (velvet)een

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Example Sentences

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moreen

"Our drawing-room winter-curtains must be turned top for bottom; and as to the moreen bed-furniture——" "Silence there!" interrupted an authoritative voice.

From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood

But, except for that old dyed moreen petticoat, the things won't do.

From The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy by Mary Cholmondeley

She fetched a tolerably large clothes-horse from somewhere some shed or out-building; this she set at the foot of the couch, and hung an old large green moreen curtain over it.

From Melbourne House by Susan Warner

However, it couldn't be helped, and as the hour of three struck, and no Mr. Bond appeared, the despairing woman betook herself to her green moreen rocking-chair, and, what else could she do?—wept.

From The Elm Tree Tales by F. Irene Burge (Frances Irene Burge) Smith

It was getting towards the chillest moment of the morning, the fire had got low, and she could see through the chink between the moreen window-curtains the light whitened by the blind.

From Middlemarch by George Eliot

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