Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, wool, or cotton, used in making clothing and upholstery.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fabric having a silk warp and a weft of wool heavier than the silk, which gives it a corded surface somewhat resembling that of rep. It may be watered, brocaded, or plain.
Wiktionary
- n. A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery
Etymologies
- An alteration (taken as related to Pope) of French papeline, a distortion of Poperinge, a town in Flanders which was a centre for textile production. (Wiktionary)
- Obsolete French papeline, perhaps from Provençal papalino, feminine of papalin, papal (so called because it was first made at the papal town of Avignon), from Medieval Latin pāpālis, from Late Latin pāpa, pope; see pope. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The ususal fabric here is a poly-cotton "poplin" but I just cannot go that route in this heat and during the 'Pause!”
“That caveat being - they must in fact be khaki, and not cotton poplin or chino, they must be dark beige and a heavier weight than simply cotton pants.”
“Diane von Furstenberg Ms. von Furstenberg added sporty elements such as shiny poplin leggings that recall cycling shorts.”
“It may be that the industry has reached a leveling-off point at which improvements in garments are so incremental that they're not worth the added cost, unless one is willing to drift into the realm of couture or the world of Chado Ralph Rucci where even a cotton poplin dress can set one back several thousand dollars -- but looks like it's worth a million bucks.”
The Washington Post: Olivier Theyskens's Theory of relativity: High standards at a lower price
“Designer Michael Bastian 's spring 2011 runway show featured plaid shirts in poplin, worn with suits and ties, instead of rugged shirts with jeans or chinos and work boots.”
The Wall Street Journal: Why Fashion Can't Break Its Plaid Habit
“Between the no-frills shirtdresses in starched white poplin and the sharp pantsuits that were just fashion forward enough, there was plenty for the corporate woman to choose from.”
The Huffington Post: Luxury Is A La Mode At Celine, Galliano, Givenchy & Akris (PHOTOS)
“Studio Communications A white and brown poplin dress shirt from Hamilton's new ready-to-wear line, available Aug. 29 at select Neiman Marcus stores $265, 713-780-8222.”
“At the former, both a track jacket and a longer, tailored wool coat come with a quilted poplin vest that can be worn independently.”
“I wanted to dress my woman earlier in the day," she said, say in the white poplin shirt-dresses she presented.”
“The show closed with a long white cotton-poplin gown with deceptively simple folds crisscrossing the chest to create a drape.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘poplin’.
-
phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
-
IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
-
A List Of The Cutest Words Ever Created!
HEE OK LETS DO IT! I'm v.v. excited! (with thanks to whichbe, Lampbane, bilby, effigy, frogapplause, and fredrx!)
piggy, toesy woesies, snurfle, wiggly, chomp, lewispoo, dobby, dunderhead, cupcake, mumbo jumbo, wigglebop, scuttle and 99 more...
-
words
words
good boy, atta boy, knee low, make a mountain o..., generalises, bard, slicker, laser focus group..., kilolex, viscosity, rotunda, fascinator and 10 more...
-
Wharton, Edith. Age of Innocence. 1920
A list of difficult words for L2-12 learners.
Faust, erection, metropolitan, splendor, shabby, conservatives, cherished, inconvenient, clung, acoustics, coupe, scramble and 261 more...
-
Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
opprobrium, tedium, encomium, odium, ire, enmity, beguile, wile, brazen, popinjay, squit, hoity-toity and 1161 more...
-
imogen's Words
coagitate, cloche, harum-scarum, foxglove, cryptolect, cant, roux, angora, duff, ulysse, schadenfreude, pepperpot and 315 more...
-
Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
-
Sweet Smoke of Rhetoric
The ones with which I flavor my speech, and the ones I love to find peppered in literature.
perspicacious, acerbic, vituperation, loquacious, castigate, vitriolic, scintillating, provenance, frolic, attendant, pursuant, epistemology and 313 more...
-
...another list...
I've no idea where I got this page full of words, but whatever it is, I want to find it again. May have duplicate words from other lists.
bicameral, aphelion, dirigible, parhelion, flocculus, vernier, corticate, oxalis, pandanus, calabash, plumbago, jonquil and 217 more...
-
mccaff's Words
schadenfreude, defenestration, monogamous, epipsychidion, chintz, befall, brouhaha, shenanigans, hooligans, lambasted, servitude, portcullis and 113 more...
-
Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2253 more...
-
Just 'cause I like 'em, P
pellucid, pertain, pampas, prate, pinecone, philistine, pantocrator, papaverine, postmeridian, potlatch, pharology, pinniped and 622 more...
-
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...
-
eponymous fabrics or articles of clot...
several of these characters seem to have been involved in the Crimean War
cardigan, balbriggan, balaclava, raglan, macintosh, madras, cashmere, angora, denim, oxford, wigan, bloomers and 24 more...
-
Fabrications
cotton, wool, silk, polyester, microfiber, corduroy, flannel, gabardine, quilt, linen, tapestry, nylon and 65 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for poplin.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.