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nainsook

WordNet
  1. (n) nainsook
    a soft lightweight muslin used especially for babies
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Nainsook
    A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) nainsook
    A kind of muslin similar to jaconet, but thicker, originally made in Bengal. It is made both plain and striped, the stripe running the length of the stuff.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Nainsook
    nān′sōōk a kind of muslin like jaconet, both plain and striped.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Nainsukh, a valley in Kaghan

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Hind.

Usage in the news

The dress is made of Nainsook muslin with a tatted yoke. mt-vernon.com

Usage in literature

Slips are usually made of some very soft material such as nainsook, batiste, pearline, or sheer lawn cloth. "The Mother and Her Child" by William S. Sadler

She wore a frock of white embroidered nainsook and a leghorn covered with white feathers. "The Californians" by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

One was cambric, one was fine lawn or nainsook, and one of dimity. "A Little Girl in Old New York" by Amanda Millie Douglas

The striped and plaid nainsook are used for the same purposes. "Textiles" by William H. Dooley

She had turned on the electric light above her head and had, seemingly, been working at some diminutive garment of nainsook and lace. "Jan and Her Job" by L. Allen Harker

So I just bought some beautiful, fine nainsook and cut out my shroud. "Dr. Lavendar's People" by Margaret Deland

Nina's gown was of white nainsook ruffled to the waist with lace, and very full. "A Daughter of the Vine" by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Constructed of bamboo and nainsook. "The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning" by V. E. Johnson