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popeline

popeline is the obsolete form of poplin.

Meaning of poplin

Noun

poplin (countable and uncountable, plural poplins)

  1. A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.
    • Actress Pat Ast, who used to model for Halston, says she disguises her 220 pounds by wearing loose cotton knit or khaki poplin vests, night and day, always in solid colors.1996, Chevalier Publications (publisher), Femme Mirror, page 58
    Synonyms:
    bengaline

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Forms of popeline

pluralpopelines

Questions about popeline

What is popeline the obsolete form of?
Popeline is the obsolete form of poplin.

Words near popeline in the dictionary

  1. Popejoys
  2. Popek
  3. Popeks
  4. popeless
  5. popelike
  6. popeline
  7. popelines
  8. popeling
  9. popelings
  10. Popell
  11. Popells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: popeline (page history and authors); poplin (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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