piña cloth

American  

noun

1. a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.

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piña cloth British  

/ ˈpiːnjə /

noun

1. a fine fabric made from the fibres of the pineapple leaf

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Etymology

Origin of piña cloth

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The dolls are made of cotton cloth, with painted cheeks, and beads for eyes, dressed up in scraps of colored piña cloth in imitation of fine señoritas.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)

Her name was Victoria and she kept a little shop where she and her ancestors for generations before had sold silk jusi and piña cloth.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

When of piña cloth, the pattern is generally of blue or other coloured stripes with flowers, &c. worked on them, and it is a very handsome and gay piece of dress.

From Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 by MacMicking, Robert

Not only do the Spanish women come out in their black mantillas, but the Filipino belles and the mestiza, girls, in their stiff dresses of josé and piña cloth.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)

He purchased some lace curtains at the Chino store, and yellow piña cloth for a mosquito bar, and with this stuff he had transformed his bed into a perfect bower.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)