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

Example Sentences

I meant to get new curtains for my back parlor, heavy snuff-colored moreen, going a great bargain, but I had to buy the dress instead.

From The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town by Christy, F. Earl

The red moreen curtains were drawn before the windows, a tabby cat purred sleepily on the hearth; in all Bristol was no more cosy or more cheerful scene.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

The windows were draped with dark-blue moreen, and between them stood my mother's dark-blue velvet chair, always covered with dark-blue cloth, except on Sundays and on New Year's day and at the feast of Christmas.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth

The curtains of the bed were drawn;—the fawn-coloured moreen curtains with a black velvet edge, which I sometimes stroked for a treat.

From Household Education by Martineau, Harriet

Then she closed every window-shutter and drew down every window-shade and let down the heavy moreen curtains, making all dark.

From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte