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

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sarcenet

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

From Time Magazine Archive

She was lined with glowing, woven carpets, sarcenet quilts, and lengths of white silks and cyprus.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine

A player's garmentof green, lined with red tukeand with Roman lettersstitched upon it, of blue andred sarcenet.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

“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

Lord Robert, methinks, was eke as goodly, after his way, as either his sister or Lord Denbeigh, being close clad from head to foot in crimson sarcenet, slashed all with cloth of gold.

From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Rives, Amélie