Bombazine

Bombazine

Bombazine, or bombasine, is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone. Good bombazine is made with a silk warp and a worsted weft. It is twilled or corded and used for dress-material. Black bombazine was once used largely for mourning wear, but the material had gone out of fashion by the beginning of the 20th century.

The word is derived from the obsolete French "bombasin", applied originally to silk but afterwards to tree-silk or cotton. Bombazine is said to have been made in England in Elizabeth I’s reign, and early in the 19th century it was largely made at Norwich.

Bombazine Island is off the Maine coast in Casco Bay.

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  • Bombazine — Bom ba*zine , 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bombazine — (also bombasine, bambazine), 1550s, from Fr. bombasin (14c.) cotton cloth, from M.L. bombacinium silk texture, from L.L. bombycinium, neut. of bombycinius silken, from bombyx silk, silkworm, from Gk. bombyx. The post classical transfer of the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • bombazine — s. f. O mesmo que bombazina …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • bombazine — ► NOUN ▪ a twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton. ORIGIN French bombasin, from Latin bombycinus silken , from Greek bombux silkworm …   English terms dictionary

  • bombazine — [bäm΄bə zēn′, bäm′bə zēn΄] n. [Fr bombasin < ML bombacinium, silk texture < bombax: see BOMBAST] a twilled cloth of silk or rayon with worsted, often dyed black …   English World dictionary

  • bombazine — /bom beuh zeen , bom beuh zeen /, n. a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear. Also, bombasine, bombazeen. [1545 55; earlier bombasin < MF < ML bombasinum, var. of BOMBYCINUM, n.… …   Universalium

  • bombazine — noun Etymology: Middle French bombasin, from Medieval Latin bombacinum, bombycinum silken texture, from Latin, neuter of bombycinus of silk, from bombyc , bombyx Date: 1572 1. a twilled fabric with silk warp and worsted filling 2. a silk fabric… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bombazine — noun A fabric made from silk, wool or cotton dyed black …   Wiktionary

  • bombazine — (entrée créée par le supplément) (bon ba zi n ) s. f. Nom, chez les fabricants d Amiens, d une étoffe dont la chaîne est en soie et la trame en laine, Enquête, Traité de comm. avec l Angleterre, t. III, p. 605 …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • bombazine — twilled silk and worsted fabric Fabric and Cloth …   Phrontistery dictionary

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