Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A very thin muslin, so open in texture as to be transparent, and often rather coarse in quality. It is used for women's evening dress, for widows' caps, etc.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses.
Etymologies
- French tarlatane, alteration of earlier tarnatane.
Examples
“You look lovelythat rose tulle over the tarlatan is perfection!”
“This is commonly done on tarlatan, a coarsely woven, heavily starched, and who-knows-what-else fabric made of cotton.”
“Maybe Scarlett OHaras apple-green tarlatan caused her mood swings.”
“I read this post and had to google tarlatan to know what it was.”
“Attention has very frequently been called to the presence of large amounts of arsenic in green tarlatan, which has given rise so many times to dangerous symptoms of poisoning when made into dresses and worn, so that it is very rare now to see a green tarlatan dress.”
“But green tarlatan is not the only fabric which contains arsenic.”
“From the look in Miss Green Dresss eyes, I think that gown may be made of green tarlatan.”
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“I wore white tarlatan over white silk, and the first skirt was looped up to my knee with a blush rose.”
“The receipted bills in the National Archives show that she purchased chairs, sofas, and hassocks; fabrics of damask, brocade, pink tarlatan, plush, and “French Satin DeLaine”; wallpaper imported from France; and a full set of Haviland china in “Solferino and gold,” with the American coat of arms in the center of each plate.”
“Maybelle Merriwether went toward the next booth on the arm of the Zouave, in an apple-green tarlatan so wide that it reduced her waist to nothingness.”
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