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satinette, satinet|sætɪˈnɛt, ˈsætɪnɪt| Also 8 sattinet. [a. F. satinet: see satin n. and -et1.] 1. a. An imitation of satin woven in silk, or silk and cotton.
1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3915/4 Stolen.., a Cloth colour Silk Sattinet Gown and Petticoat. 1709Female Tatler No. 9/1 Fine Mohairs, Silk Sattinets, Burdets, Persianets [etc.]. 1728Chambers Cycl., Sattinet, or Sattinade, a very slight, thin Sattin, chiefly used by the Ladies for Summer Night⁓gowns, &c. and ordinarily striped. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xxv, You shall have a black satin dress for Sundays—a real satin—not a satinet or any of the shams. 1891Pinero The Times i. 3 Beryl is cotton, you are silk; each material in itself is estimable, but cotton and silk beget satinet. b. A material woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft, having a satin-like surface.
1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. II. 227 At Lowell, in Massachusetts, there was in 1818, a small satinet mill, employing about twenty hands. 1860Holland Miss Gilbert ii. 42 Old Ruggles looked down on his rusty satinet suit, perfectly conscious he was out of place. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Satinet, an American cloth of mixed materials, both cheap and durable. 1904Woollen Draper's Terms in Tailor & Cutter 4 Aug. 480/1 Satinette: A cheap fabric, composed of cotton and wool. 2. A fancier's name for a kind of pigeon.
1876Fulton's Bk. Pigeons 312 The Satinette. 1881Lyell Fancy Pigeons 232. |