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

She unhooked a frock of nun's veiling and tore out the back breadths.

From The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Veils of crepe or nun's veiling are not worn over the face except at the funeral.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

To this list of woolen goods may be added the crape cloth with crinkled, rough surface, nun's veiling, flannel which is woven in a variety of ways, broadcloth, wool canvas, and poplins.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz

A long veil of fine silk nun's veiling is worn with this, with a tulle or net face veil with a narrow fold of crepe.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

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