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Bombazine
Bomˊba-zine′
,Noun.
[F.
bombasin
, LL. bombacinium
, bambacinium
, L. bombycinus
silken, bombycinum
a silk or cotton texture, fr. bombyx
silk, silkworm, Gr. [GREEK]
. Cf. Bombast
, Bombycinous
.] A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.
[Sometimes spelt
bombasin
, and bombasine
.] Tomlinson.
Definition 2024
bombazine
bombazine
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Noun
bombazine (plural bombazines)
- A fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 144:
- I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 144: