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ratiné

ratiné noun: a rough bulky plain-woven fabric.

Noun

ratiné (countable and uncountable, plural ratinés)

  1. A rough bulky plain-woven fabric.
    • On most of the heavy ratinés the yarn sizes are relatively 4-1 or coarser, while in many of these rice cloths the relative yarn sizes are 7–1 or finer.1914, A Cotton Fabrics Glossary, page 144

Forms of ratiné

pluralratinés

Origin of ratiné

From French, past participle of ratiner (“to adorn”), from ratine, from Old French rastin and Late Latin raster (“to scrape”), from Latin rādō (“to scrape”).

Questions about ratiné

What does ratiné mean?
Ratiné means a rough bulky plain-woven fabric.
What part of speech is ratiné?
Ratiné is a noun.
What is the plural of ratiné?
The plural of ratiné is ratinés.

Words near ratiné in the dictionary

  1. ratines
  2. rating
  3. ratings
  4. ratings ploy
  5. ratings ploys
  6. ratiné
  7. ratinés
  8. ratio
  9. ratio decidendi
  10. ratio formalis
  11. ratio scale

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