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

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

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 Weymer Jay Mills

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

Before the green sarcenet curtain which had played such a part in the affairs of the night there was a waft of airy garments.

From The ghosts of their ancestors by Weymer Jay Mills

Whether that Fishpole made not a woman's gown of sarcenet of small pieces, and whether it was not worth 20s. and better.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various