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Bombazine

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Noun
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bom=ba=zine

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Bombazine has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Bombazinen. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium, bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. . Cf. Bombast, Bombycinous.].
     A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.  Tomlinson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Bombazine, (also bombasine) n. a twilled dress-material of worsted with or without an admixture of silk or cotton, esp., when black, formerly used for mourning.

Etymology
F bombasin f. med.L bombacinum f. LL bombycinus silken f. bombyx -ycis silk or silkworm f. Gk bombux
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