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muslin

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
muslin/ˈmʌzlɪn/

▶noun lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave.

– derivatives
muslined adjective.

– origin C17: from Fr. mousseline, from Ital. mussolina, from Mussolo ‘Mosul’ (the place in Iraq where it was first manufactured).

'muslin' also found in these Oxford entries:

butter muslin - mousseline - mull - organdie - puggaree - sash - tarlatan - tiffany

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