mulmuln.

Brit.

/ˈmʌlmʌl/, U.S.

/ˈməlməl/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– mulmull, 1600s–1700s 1900s– mulmul, 1600s–1800s mull-mull.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi malmal.

Etymology: < Hindi malmal muslin, perhaps ultimately < Sanskrit mala dirt, via an unattested earlier vernacular adjective in the sense ‘inferior’. Compare French malle-molle (1705 or earlier).

A thin variety of muslin; a bolt or bale of this. Cf. mull n.⁶

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate > muslin > thin or fine

mulmul1619

mull1678

tarlatan1728

book muslin?1740

organdie1757

book cloth1804

1619 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 74 Mulmulls... [note] Hind. malmal, muslin.

1666 in E. B. Sainsbury Calendar Court Minutes East India Company 1664–1667 (1925) 208 Blue and damaged salampores, mullmulls, adathaes, sannoes, coloured and white ginghams.

1676 S. Master Diary 14 Oct. (1911) I. 398 Maulda..is a place where great..Varietyes of Course goods, proper for Europe, are made and procured, as Cossaes, Hummums, Mulmulls [etc.].

1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 223 Which..I value at 20s., the 10 Yards, from a Long Cloth or Bast to a Mulmul or Dorea.

1773 W. Kenrick Duellist ii. iii. 23 Piece-goods, the cossaes, cushtaes, callipaties, carridaries, doosooties, jamdannies, mulmuls and moosooroos!

1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India iv. 86 Our ghost is clad in white. Not in specific white—mull mull or nainsook,..but in white, or whiteness the abstraction.

1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag 204 Mother would take the hint and remove the mathoobanoo from her head; the white mulmul square made her look like a backward village Parsi from Navsari.

2001 India Abroad (Nexis) 2 Nov. 5 For women, he would recommend ‘my favorite outfit—a cream colored mulmul sari’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mulmul
释义	mulmuln. Brit. /ˈmʌlmʌl/, U.S. /ˈməlməl/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– mulmull, 1600s–1700s 1900s– mulmul, 1600s–1800s mull-mull. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi malmal. Etymology: < Hindi malmal muslin, perhaps ultimately < Sanskrit mala dirt, via an unattested earlier vernacular adjective in the sense ‘inferior’. Compare French malle-molle (1705 or earlier). A thin variety of muslin; a bolt or bale of this. Cf. mull n.⁶ ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate > muslin > thin or fine mulmul1619 mull1678 tarlatan1728 book muslin?1740 organdie1757 book cloth1804 1619 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 74 Mulmulls... [note] Hind. malmal, muslin. 1666 in E. B. Sainsbury Calendar Court Minutes East India Company 1664–1667 (1925) 208 Blue and damaged salampores, mullmulls, adathaes, sannoes, coloured and white ginghams. 1676 S. Master Diary 14 Oct. (1911) I. 398 Maulda..is a place where great..Varietyes of Course goods, proper for Europe, are made and procured, as Cossaes, Hummums, Mulmulls [etc.]. 1721 C. King Brit. Merchant I. 223 Which..I value at 20s., the 10 Yards, from a Long Cloth or Bast to a Mulmul or Dorea. 1773 W. Kenrick Duellist ii. iii. 23 Piece-goods, the cossaes, cushtaes, callipaties, carridaries, doosooties, jamdannies, mulmuls and moosooroos! 1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India iv. 86 Our ghost is clad in white. Not in specific white—mull mull or nainsook,..but in white, or whiteness the abstraction. 1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag 204 Mother would take the hint and remove the mathoobanoo from her head; the white mulmul square made her look like a backward village Parsi from Navsari. 2001 India Abroad (Nexis) 2 Nov. 5 For women, he would recommend ‘my favorite outfit—a cream colored mulmul sari’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1619
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