Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fine cotton fabric, usually glazed, used especially for linings and in the bindings of books.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cotton cloth with a very glossy surface, usually dyed of a single color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fine kind of cotton goods, usually of one color, and with a glossy surface, -- much use for linings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A fine kind of
French cotton goods , usually of one colour.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, diminutive of percale, percale; see percale.]
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French
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Examples
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The frame was covered with a kind of cloth called "percaline."
The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island A. Russell Bond
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For the women, a gray calico shirt and coarse petticoat of percaline with two coarse handkerchiefs
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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"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
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