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buke muslin

buke muslin is the obsolete form 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 buke muslin

What is buke muslin the obsolete form of?
Buke muslin is the obsolete form of book muslin.

Words near buke muslin in the dictionary

  1. Bukaua
  2. Bukavu
  3. Bukawa
  4. bukayo
  5. Bukayos
  6. buke muslin
  7. Bukele
  8. Bukelism
  9. Buker
  10. Bukers
  11. Bukhalo

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