muslin

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

   “[…] my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.”

2. isim Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.

   “Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins, and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.”

3. isim Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
4. isim Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
5. isim A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
6. isim Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.
7. isim Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.

   “"That was a pretty bit of muslin hanging on your arm—who was she?” asked the fascinating student.”