satten
satten is the obsolete form of satin.
Meaning of satin
Noun
satin (countable and uncountable, plural satins)
- A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
- Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673
- Gin (the drink).
- 'This poor gal was robbed, barely left a stitch, that and the drink... mind, I likes a drop of satin – wot you'd call gin – myself. I'll say nothing against it. She ended thrown out of an upstairs winder.'2014, Richard Gordon, The Private Life of Jack the Ripper, page 13
Forms of satten
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Questions about satten
- What is satten the obsolete form of?
- Satten is the obsolete form of satin.
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