Definition of Muslin

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A smooth delicately woven cotton fabric, used for dresses and curtains. In the USA coarser cotton fabrics used for shirts and sheeting are also called muslins.

Derivation of Muslin: French Mousseline, from Mussolo, Mosul, a city in Iraq (Mesopotamia).

Definition of Muslin

Click here for the US English version

A smooth delicately woven cotton fabric, used for dresses and curtains. In the USA coarser cotton fabrics used for shirts and sheeting are also called muslins.

Derivation of Muslin: French Mousseline, from Mussolo, Mosul, a city in Iraq (Mesopotamia).