sarcenet

American  

[sahrs-nit] / ˈsɑrs nɪt /

Or sarsenet,

noun

1. a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.

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sarcenet British  

/ ˈsɑːsnɪt /

noun

1. a fine soft silk fabric formerly from Italy and used for clothing, ribbons, etc

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Etymology

Origin of sarcenet

1425–75; late Middle English sarsenet < Anglo-French sarzinet, probably equivalent to sarzin- Saracen + -et -et

Example Sentences

Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Miss Jenkyns wants the black sarcenet two-and-twopence the yard;” and Mr. Holbrook had caught the name, and was across the shop in two strides.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by

Another garment, panedwith yellow, green, red, andblue sarcenet, and lined with old red buckram.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Fifine had a better frock than that serge thing; it would not wear so well, but her murrey-colored pelisse trimmed with the sarcenet ribbon would have added warmth enough.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles

From the room beyond an army of candle rays was slipping underneath the green sarcenet curtain and capering gnome-like about her feet.

From The ghosts of their ancestors by Mills, Weymer Jay