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Bombazine

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Noun

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bom=ba=zine

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Bombazine has 1 sense

bombazine(n = noun.artifact) Array - a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments"

CIDE DICTIONARY

Bombazine, n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium, bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. . 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. Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bombazine, (also bombasine) n. a twilled dress-material of worsted with or without an admixture of silk or cotton, esp., when black, formerly used for mourning.

Etymology

F bombasin f. med.L bombacinum f. LL bombycinus silken f. bombyx -ycis silk or silkworm f. Gk bombux

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