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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sarcenet

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The tester and ceiler also shining cloth of gold; the curtains of white sarcenet; as for his head-suit and pillows, they were of the Queen's own ordonnance.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson

Also a woman's garment of green and blue sarcenet, chequered and lined with red buckram, also two caps of yellow and red sarcenet, and two curtains of green and yellow sarcenet.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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 Amélie Rives

Well, I must be away—I’ve to go to Cranbrook of an errand for Mother; she lacks a sarcenet coif.

From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin

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