poplin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pop·lin /ˈpɒplɪn $ ˈpɑːp-/ noun [uncountable] TIMa strong shiny cotton cloth 毛葛，府绸
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poplin• When I touched the black poplin fabric, it was damp.• A man in a blue poplin raincoat was standing outside the Delicatessen waving a bundle of show-biz newspapers.• He wore a blue poplin suit, a white shirt and a red and blue striped tie.• Alexander Fabrics kindly supplied us with a combination of cotton gingham, poplin, crepe de Chine, taffeta and silk dupion.Origin poplin (1700-1800) Early French papeline, perhaps from Italian papalina “of the Pope”; because it was made in the French town of Avignon, where the Popes once livedpop·lin nounChineseSyllable
shiny strong cloth cotton Corpus a
poplin
pop‧lin /ˈpɒplən, ˈpɒplɪn $ ˈpɑːp-/
noun [uncountable]
pop‧lin /ˈpɒplən, ˈpɒplɪn $ ˈpɑːp-/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Early French papeline, perhaps from Italian papalina 'of the Pope'; because it was made in the French town of Avignon, where the Popes once lived
a strong shiny cotton cloth
Origin: Early French papeline, perhaps from Italian papalina 'of the Pope'; because it was made in the French town of Avignon, where the Popes once lived