nun's veiling

American  

noun

1. a thin, plain-woven, worsted fabric, originally for nuns' veils but now also for dresses, coats, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of nun's veiling

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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nun's veiling

And you would better buy a black veil; not crape, it is too perishable; get nun's veiling, and—" "Nun's veilin'?

From Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)

Would you like a nun's veiling one, or a cotton?

From Anxious Audrey by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

She is painfully pat in her jargon of satin, Alpaca, nun's veiling, tulle, silk, grenadine, And she asks me to say if I honestly think She should die in pearl-grey, golden-brown, or shrimp-pink?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 6, 1890 by Various

Mrs. Paula wore a vastly becoming wrapper of red nun's veiling trimmed with a yellowish lace that by no means looked as cheap as it was.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Clad in draperies of soft nun's veiling Jennie Montgomery was, if not pretty, quite interesting, and her bright, fresh face was refreshing as the air of her native vales.

From Marguerite Verne by Armour, Rebecca Agatha