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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

モスリン

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mosurin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Muslin/ˈmʌz.lɪn/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"そのドレスは薄手のモスリンで作られている。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A lightweight, plain-weave cotton cloth of various qualities, used for garments, curtains, and filtering.

    "The summer dress was crafted from a delicate, breathable white muslin."
  2. 2

    An inexpensive plain-weave cotton fabric used by fashion designers to make test garments before cutting expensive final materials.

    "The designer adjusted the fit directly on the muslin mockup before sewing the silk gown."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the 17th-century French word mousseline, which comes from the Italian mussolina, ultimately originating from Mosul, an ancient city in modern-day Iraq where the fabric was first manufactured and exported to Europe. The term evolved to describe any lightweight, plain-weave cotton fabric widely used in dressmaking and cooking.

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