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muslin

mus·lin

UK/ˈmʌz.lɪn/ US/ˈmʌzlʌn/ rare us

noun

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Origin

From French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq (compare 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India."). Doublet of mousseline.

Phrases

  • bit of muslin
  • book muslin
  • buke muslin
  • butter muslin
  • paper muslin

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