Mus"lin (?), n. [F. mousseline; cf. It. mussolino, mussolo, Sp. muselina;
all from Mussoul a city of
Mesopotamia, Ar. Mausil, Syr. Mauzol,
Muzol, Mosul, where it was first
manufactured. Cf. Mull a kind of cloth.]
A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins.
Muslin cambric. See Cambric. --
Muslin delaine,
a light woolen fabric for women's
dresses. See Delaine. [Written
also mousseline de laine.]
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