Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Weaving in which the warp yarns are paired and twisted.
- n. A fabric having such a weave.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A very thin linen cloth made in imitation of muslin, and sometimes called linen muslin. It is used for translucent window blinds, and for other purposes for which a gauzy fabric is needed.
Wiktionary
- n. textiles A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
Etymologies
- From Italian leno ("weak, flexible") (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps from French linon, linen fabric, from lin, flax, from Old French, from Latin līnum; see linen. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“For this purpose a strip of about 2 in. wide will be enough, which, doubled over and hemmed at the bottom, allows sufficient for the net -- a bag made of the material called "leno" -- to be subsequently affixed.”
“To open and fix the net from the position shown in Fig. 44 (which for the sake of clearness is shown without the "leno"), pull the whipcord”
“To finish, tie a piece of whipcord in the holes from b to b, and sew the holland all around the net as before, leaving plenty of room for the playing of the slides; the "leno" is then sewn to this in the usual manner, and thus becomes a fixture, as in the preceding net.”
“About a yard of "leno" suffices for the bag, and the pieces which come off the bottom during the operation of rounding it, form "gussets" to fill the net in up to the point where the arms B and C first spring.”
“Over the flower pot may be strained two pieces of wire or cane, crossing each other in the form of arches, the whole covered with muslin; or a handier plan to get to the insects quickly when emerged, or to damp the pupae, is to procure from the glass merchant the waste cylinders of glass cut from shades, pasting over one end with "leno" or muslin, and placing the other in the flower pot on top of the earth or moss.”
“Take Conan's situation prior to the whole Tonight Show/leno debacle: The humor of his I always found the funniest, the real roots of why his was funny were in Conan's Late Night show.”
“Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: palin will last about as well as leno did.”
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“Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: aaronk thinks two quitters/losers are aces in his book. leno and palin. speaks volumes for his thought process, no?”
“Many people gave up on leno after he had limberger on his show.”
“Category: I think that I will have a little drink now., jay leno, Sarah Palin, that woman”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘leno’.
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labarum, labefactation, labeorphily, labidometer, labile, lability, labiomancy, labret, labrose, labtebricole, lac, laccolith and 496 more...
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Scrabble People
Names and Persons (including derogatory)allowed by Scrabble
joey, ruth, guine..., joey, ruth, guinea, yid, jones, bob, jake, molly, looie, louie, erica and 13 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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W.E.L.D.E.R.
réchauffé, gast, dere, heller, arête, wair, tut, shad, tipi, emeu, codon, unco and 65 more...
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