muslin

Any of various sturdy cotton fabrics of plain weave.

A general term for a vessel’s Canvas.

Cotton cloth of different kinds finely made and finished for wearing-apparel, the term being used variously at different times and places.

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.

In some parts of the United States, cotton cloth used for shirts, other articles of wearing-apparel, bedding, etc.

One of several different moths: a collectors’ name.

Muslin with figures printed in color on it.

Made of muslin: as, a muslin dress.

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 as percale.

See Cambric.