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Webster 1913 Edition

(blăṉ′kẽrd)

Noun.

[F., fr.

blanc

white.]

A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanched before it is woven.

Noun.

A kind of linen cloth, manufactured in Normandy, so called because the thread is half blanched before it is woven.

blancard ‎(plural blancards)

A kind of linen cloth made in Normandy, the thread of which is partly blanched before it is woven.