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jaconet

/ˈd͡ʒækənɪt/

jaconet noun: a type of cotton cloth, especially as dyed and waterproofed.

Noun

jaconet (countable and uncountable, plural jaconets)

  1. A type of cotton cloth, especially as dyed and waterproofed.
    • It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin, and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted, the...1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter X, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December...
    • What! silk for lining at two francs, when you can get jaconet for ten sous, or even for eight, that would do well enough!1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter V, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […], →OCLC, part III, page 301

jaconet meaning in Urdu

jaconet in Urdu

جاپان ناتھی, نرم سوتی کپڑا, موٹی ململ

Forms of jaconet

pluraljaconets
alternative formjaconnet
alternative formjackonet

Origin of jaconet

From Hindi जगन्नाथ (jagannāth) / Urdu جگنّاتھ (jagannāth), former name of Puri in India, where the material came from. Compare juggernaut.

Questions about jaconet

What does jaconet mean?
Jaconet means a type of cotton cloth, especially as dyed and waterproofed.
What is jaconet in Urdu?
Jaconet in Urdu is جاپان ناتھی, نرم سوتی کپڑا, موٹی ململ. See Jaconet meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is jaconet?
Jaconet is a noun.
How do you pronounce jaconet?
Jaconet is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒækənɪt/.
What is the plural of jaconet?
The plural of jaconet is jaconets.

Words near jaconet in the dictionary

  1. Jacobys
  2. Jacod syndrome
  3. jacoline
  4. Jacome
  5. Jacomes
  6. jaconet
  7. jaconets
  8. jaconine
  9. jaconnet
  10. jaconnets
  11. jacopever

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