MUSLIN

muslin. Muslin, n. a fine kind of cloth made of cotton

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Mus″lin (?), n. [[F. mousseline; cf. It. mussolino, mussolo, Sp. muselina; all from Mussoul a city of Mesopotamia, Ar. Mausil, Syr. Mauzol, Muzol, Mosul, where it was first manufactured. Cf. Mull a kind of cloth.]] A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. Muslin cambric. See Cambric. — Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.]