sarsenet
sarsenet noun: a very fine and soft silk ribbon woven in a plain weave with a fine warp and higher density weft, now chiefly used for linings.
Noun
sarsenet (countable and uncountable, plural sarsenets)
- A very fine and soft silk ribbon woven in a plain weave with a fine warp and higher density weft, now chiefly used for linings.
- No, vvhy art thou then exaſperate, thou idle, / immaterial ſkeine of ſleiue ſilke; thou greene ſacenet flap for a ſore eye, thou toſſell of a prodigalls purſe— […]c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609...
- [H]ave not these structures some common basis from which they have all started, as your sarsnet, gauze, net, satin and velvet from the raw cocoon?1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XV, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II
Forms of sarsenet
| plural | sarsenets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sarsnet |
| alternative form | sarcenet |
| alternative form | sarconet |
Origin of sarsenet
From Anglo-Norman sarzinett, from Old French sarrasinet, diminutive of sarrazin (“Saracen”).
Questions about sarsenet
- What does sarsenet mean?
- Sarsenet means a very fine and soft silk ribbon woven in a plain weave with a fine warp and higher density weft, now chiefly used for linings.
- What part of speech is sarsenet?
- Sarsenet is a noun.
- What is the plural of sarsenet?
- The plural of sarsenet is sarsenets.
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