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book muslins

book muslins is the plural of book muslin.

Meaning of book muslin

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.

Questions about book muslins

What is book muslins the plural of?
Book muslins is the plural of book muslin.

Words near book muslins in the dictionary

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

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