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

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

Of the gentylman, that promysed the scoler of Oxforde a sarcenet typet—Sarcenet, at the period to which this story refers, was a material which only certain persons were allowed to wear.

From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew

After doffing riding-skirt and loose jacket, she stood a moment upon the block, adjusting her attire, a robe of misty lavender sarcenet with a pink crepe scarf loosely knotted across the bosom.

From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams

Two streamers of sarcenet, one blue, the other green.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George