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

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

From Anxious Audrey by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

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

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

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)

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