1675–85; < French, past participle of ratiner to make a nap on cloth
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I sold them a consignment last year; but, say, if you want to see real classy white goods you ought to see some ratine cutaways I'm bringing over.
From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie
"One Persian blanket, one quilt of wadded silk, four roubles; one pelisse of fox-skin, covered with red ratine, forty roubles; one small touloup of hare-skin left with your grace, on the steppe, fifteen roubles."
From Marie; a story of Russian love by Zielinska, Marie H. de
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