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percaline

percaline noun: a fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one colour.

Noun

percaline (countable and uncountable, plural percalines)

  1. A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one colour.

Forms of percaline

pluralpercalines

Origin of percaline

Borrowed from French percaline.

Questions about percaline

What does percaline mean?
Percaline means a fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one colour.
What part of speech is percaline?
Percaline is a noun.
What is the plural of percaline?
The plural of percaline is percalines.

Words near percaline in the dictionary

  1. perc
  2. perc.
  3. Percabeth
  4. percale
  5. percales
  6. percaline
  7. percalines
  8. percalles
  9. percapella
  10. percapita
  11. percarbide

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