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

There was a shattered Elswick bicycle, about sixteen yards and a half of nun's veiling, and fifty-three tortoise-shell side-combs.

From The War of the Wenuses by Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom)

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

Henrietta, imperial serges, tamese cloth and nun's veiling are the standard fabrics.

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

Thursday evening, dinner number two, and evening of wedding day, our bridesmaids' toggery must suffice; Friday, dinner number three, those blue nun's veiling dresses will appear and charm the eyes.

From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.

The little thing looked very sweet in a demure dress of nun's veiling, which Frank would have described as "white robes."

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel