A kind of fine fabric, probably of silk or satin.

Some silken stuff.

A kind of loose gown worn by women, fashionable esp. in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Occasionally attributive, in mantua cloth, mantua gown…

A silk fabric. Obsolete. rare.

A kind of silken fabric. Obsolete.

Designating a fabric (esp. silk) or an article of clothing of a type originally manufactured in Mantua.

A fabric made of silk and fine wool or cotton.

Usually in form pekin. A kind of rich fabric (originally of silk), typically with broad contrasting stripes.

In plural. In the textiles trade: thrown silk. Cf. sense A. 1b. Obsolete.

A fine satin fabric made of silk, or of a mixture of silk and wool or cotton and wool.

A fine silk satin with a twilled or ribbed back, used esp. for linings and trimmings of garments.

The name given to certain woven fabrics. of silk (see quot. 1882).

A kind of fine silky fabric resembling taffeta, typically having a warp of silk and a weft of linen, cotton, or silk.

Of or made of a warp-knit fabric made on a Milanese loom usually from silk or now chiefly rayon yarns. Chiefly in Milanese silk.

In full Pompadour sheeny: a silk fabric.

A kind of silk crêpe fabric backed with satin. rare.