percaline
a fine, lightweight cotton fabric, usually finished with a gloss and dyed in one color, used especially for linings.
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How to use percaline in a sentence
percaline is used chiefly for feminine wearing apparel, principally for linings, petticoats, etc.
Textiles | William H. DooleyYou needn't tease me about that, for you know as well as anything that I meant percaline.
Cricket at the Seashore | Elizabeth Westyn TimlowCover the outside with green percaline and finish the top with sprigs of holly and a bow of red and green ribbon.
Bright Ideas for Entertaining | Mrs. Herbert B. LinscottThe frame was covered with a kind of cloth called “percaline.”
The Scientific American Boy | A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
British Dictionary definitions for percaline
/ (ˈpɜːkəˌliːn, -lɪn) /
a fine light cotton fabric, used esp for linings
Origin of percaline
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