'Muslin cambric' definitions:
Definition of 'Muslin cambric'
From: GCIDE
- Muslin \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. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven as percale. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Muslin cambric. See Cambric.
- Muslin delaine, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses. See Delaine. [Written also mousseline de laine.] [1913 Webster]