1) Bombasine 2) Twill
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1) French word used in English 2) Woven fabric
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Bombazine, or bombasine, is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone. Quality bombazine is made with a silk warp and a worsted weft. It is twilled or corded and used for dress-material. Black bombazine was once used largely for mourning wear, but the material had gone out of fashion b...
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twilled silk and worsted fabric
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• (n.) A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.
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textile, usually black in colour, with a silk warp and worsted weft, or filling, woven in either plain or twill weave. Cheaper grades are woven with ...
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Bom`ba·zine' noun [ French
bombasin , Late Latin
bombacinium ,
bambacinium , Latin
bombycinus silken,
bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, from
bombyx silk, silkworm, Greek
... . Confer
Bombast ,
Bombycinous .] A twilled fabric for dre...
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Bombazine is a twilled or corded cloth composed of silk and worsted, the first forming the warp and the second the weft. It is fine and light in the make, and may be of any colour, though black is most in use. It was first manufactured in England during the reign of Elizabeth I and from around 1816 it was chiefly made at Norwich.
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bombazine, bombasine Twilled silk cloth with worsted fabroc or cotton.
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noun a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; `black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments`
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a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
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