nainsook
a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
Origin of nainsook
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How to use nainsook in a sentence
She wore a white duck skirt, a soft nainsook blouse open at the throat, the sailor collar knotted with a red silk scarf.
Peggy Stewart at School | Gabrielle E. JacksonShe wore a frock of white embroidered nainsook and a leghorn covered with white feathers.
The Californians | Gertrude Franklin Horn AthertonThe framework and ribs were made entirely of Riga pine; the surface fabric was nainsook.
A History of Aeronautics | E. Charles VivianI should get them to do it for me on soft fine nainsook, and make a speciality of summer morning gowns and children's frocks.
Notwithstanding | Mary CholmondeleyThey decide to use nainsook and to trim them with German valenciennes lace.
Clothing and Health | Helen Kinne
British Dictionary definitions for nainsook
/ (ˈneɪnsʊk, ˈnæn-) /
a light soft plain-weave cotton fabric, used esp for babies' wear
Origin of nainsook
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