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book muslin

book muslin noun: a kind of fine muslin sold folded in a book-like manner and used for women's clothing.

Noun

book muslin (countable and uncountable, plural book muslins)

  1. (historical) A kind of fine muslin sold folded in a book-like manner and used for women's clothing.
    • She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.1793, Jane Austen, “A beautiful description of the different effects of Sensibility on different Minds”, in Juvenilia
  2. A type of muslin used to reinforce the backbone construction of a book.

book muslin meaning in Tamil

book muslin in Tamil

மென் மஸ்லீன் துணி

Forms of book muslin

pluralbook muslins

Questions about book muslin

What does book muslin mean?
Book muslin means a kind of fine muslin sold folded in a book-like manner and used for women's clothing.
What is book muslin in Tamil?
Book muslin in Tamil is மென் மஸ்லீன் துணி. See Book muslin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is book muslin?
Book muslin is a noun.
What is the plural of book muslin?
The plural of book muslin is book muslins.

Words near book muslin in the dictionary

  1. book lungs
  2. book mite
  3. book mites
  4. book move
  5. book moves
  6. book muslin
  7. book muslins
  8. book nook
  9. book number
  10. book numbers
  11. book oath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: book muslin (page history and authors); book muslin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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