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Webster 1913 Edition


moreen

mo-reen′

(mō̍-rēn′)
,
Noun.
[Cf.
Mohair
.]
A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; – used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Moreen

MOREE'N

,
Noun.
A stuff used for curtains, &c.

Definition 2024


moreen

moreen

English

Noun

moreen (countable and uncountable, plural moreens)

  1. A thick woollen fabric, watered or with embossed figures, used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre, chapter 1
      I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.