Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various sturdy cotton fabrics of plain weave.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general term for a vessel's Canvas.
- noun Cotton cloth of different kinds finely made and finished for wearing-apparel, the term being used variously at different times and places.
- noun A material somewhat stouter than India muslin, used for women's dresses, plain or printed with colored patterns, or having a slight dotted pattern woven in the stuff. Also
jaconet and organdie, according to its fineness. - noun In some parts of the United States, cotton cloth used for shirts, other articles of wearing-apparel, bedding, etc.
- noun One of several different moths: a collectors' name.
- noun Muslin with figures printed in color on it.
- Made of muslin: as, a muslin dress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods. In sheeting,
muslin is not as finely woven aspercale . - noun See
Cambric . - noun a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See
Delaine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
- noun US Fabric made of cotton, flax (
linen ), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven. - noun A term used for a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for
bedlinen . (US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other thangarments . - noun A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun plain-woven cotton fabric
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Michael C criticizes that a lot of the others are still working in muslin and have nothing for their model to try on, but of course he's well on his way to a finished look, albeit it is a ball gown that has a train which dusts the floor very nicely.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
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Michael C criticizes that a lot of the others are still working in muslin and have nothing for their model to try on, but of course he's well on his way to a finished look, albeit it is a ball gown that has a train which dusts the floor very nicely.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
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Michael C criticizes that a lot of the others are still working in muslin and have nothing for their model to try on, but of course he's well on his way to a finished look, albeit it is a ball gown that has a train which dusts the floor very nicely.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
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Michael C criticizes that a lot of the others are still working in muslin and have nothing for their model to try on, but of course he's well on his way to a finished look, albeit it is a ball gown that has a train which dusts the floor very nicely.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
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Michael C criticizes that a lot of the others are still working in muslin and have nothing for their model to try on, but of course he's well on his way to a finished look, albeit it is a ball gown that has a train which dusts the floor very nicely.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
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A scarf of thin muslin or a silk veil wound round the crown of a sun-helmet or hat and falling down behind as a shade.
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She had taken the lace and muslin from the basket, possibly to settle her nerves and wits, and was sewing upon it.
Chapter XVIII 2010
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This slip is 100 percent cotton, thin muslin, and is surprisingly not hot.
Home Living 2009
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To the 3x size sewer: take the pattern I recommended here and make it in muslin, m 90 "or 50" wide piece, double, and if it works you know the pattern fits.
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Michael C criticizes that a lot of the others are still working in muslin and have nothing for their model to try on, but of course he's well on his way to a finished look, albeit it is a ball gown that has a train which dusts the floor very nicely.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway, Episode 9 "Race to the Finish" Holly Cara Price 2010
bilby commented on the word muslin
Beautifully remembered here.
January 20, 2009
trivet commented on the word muslin
Jeopardy taught me last night that muslin is named for Mosul, Iraq. (Backed up by the wiki.)
January 28, 2009