Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A fine cotton fabric, usually glazed, used especially for linings and in the bindings of books.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Cotton cloth with a very glossy surface, usually dyed of a single color.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A fine kind of cotton goods, usually of one color, and with a glossy surface, -- much use for linings.
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
- French, diminutive of percale, percale; see percale. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The frame was covered with a kind of cloth called "percaline.”
“For the women, a gray calico shirt and coarse petticoat of percaline with two coarse handkerchiefs”
“I'm not, mother; only think" -- Nancy's eyes glistened -- "no more velveteen masquerading as velvet, no more bargain-counter shoes and gloves, no more percaline petticoats with silk flounces, no more”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘percaline’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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That's nice.
nice, kind, agreeable, good-natured, pleasing, kind-hearted, sweet, simnel, gracious, percaline, manzanilla, kincob and 8 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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