| 单词 | nun's veiling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnun's veiling nun's veiling n. a thin, light plain-weave fabric used for blouses and dresses; cf. nun's veil cloth n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > thin, light, or delicate > for clothing crisp1397 peeling1671 barége1828 Henrietta cloth1842 Tibet1857 piuma1858 crystalline1867 fluff1875 nun's veiling1882 zenana1890 voilette1908 Palm Beach1911 1882 Harper's Mag. Feb. 393 As beautiful herself as any part of the beautiful scene, in her gown of white nuns' veiling. 1955 E. Ostick Draper's Encycl. 28 Cloths of this description [sc. plain weave] are..delaines, nun's veiling, crêpe flannels and afghalaines in the wool range. 1975 Times 22 Apr. 9/5 A navy coat of ‘nun's veiling’..lined with silk. < as lemmas |
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