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Sarcenet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A fine soft silk cloth.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative form of sarsenet.

n. Thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye. — Shakespeare.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See sarsenet.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings

Word Usage

"The young woman was dressed in a lovely gown of white crepe spotted with white satin over a sarcenet slip, trimmed at the neck and sleeves with wreaths of black silk flowers."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

silk

Variant

sarsenet

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