bombazine

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silk-worm”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒmbəziːn/, /ˈbʌmbəziːn/

Noun

bombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)

  1. A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
    • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 144:
      I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.

Portuguese

Noun

bombazine f (plural bombazines)

  1. corduroy (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
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