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bombazine

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Noun

HYPHEN

bom=ba=zine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bombazine has 1 sense

bombazine(n = noun.artifact) - a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted; "black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments"

CIDE DICTIONARY

bombazine, n. [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]

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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