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Definition of bombazine in English: bombazinenounˈbɒmbəziːnˈbɑmbəzin mass nounA twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton, especially a black kind formerly used for mourning clothes. 邦巴辛毛葛(用精纺毛纱、丝绸或棉布制成,尤指以前用来制作悼念服装的黑色毛葛) Example sentencesExamples - Leaning against the steel railing that surrounded the stairwell stood four men, dressed in green bombazine jumpsuits.
- He remembers his first governess, Miss Arkell, a grey-haired lady with traces of beard upon her large flat face and a black dress of what he calls bombasine.
- Confusingly, the original source of the word was the Greek bombux, ‘silkworm ‘, from which we also get bombazine.’
- The group's leading products include natural silk, hemp, pure cotton, hemp cotton, bombasine, staple rayon, down-proof flannelette, mixed spinning cloth etc.
- This visitor, dressed in a black bombazine gown and closely veiled, was a familiar sight on the streets of St. Louis, as she took the air daily in her light carriage.
OriginMid 16th century (denoting raw cotton): from French bombasin, from medieval Latin bombacinum, from bombycinum, neuter of bombycinus 'silken', based on Greek bombux 'silkworm'. Definition of bombazine in US English: bombazinenounˈbämbəzēnˈbɑmbəzin A twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton. Example sentencesExamples - Leaning against the steel railing that surrounded the stairwell stood four men, dressed in green bombazine jumpsuits.
- The group's leading products include natural silk, hemp, pure cotton, hemp cotton, bombasine, staple rayon, down-proof flannelette, mixed spinning cloth etc.
- This visitor, dressed in a black bombazine gown and closely veiled, was a familiar sight on the streets of St. Louis, as she took the air daily in her light carriage.
- Confusingly, the original source of the word was the Greek bombux, ‘silkworm ‘, from which we also get bombazine.’
- He remembers his first governess, Miss Arkell, a grey-haired lady with traces of beard upon her large flat face and a black dress of what he calls bombasine.
OriginMid 16th century (denoting raw cotton): from French bombasin, from medieval Latin bombacinum, from bombycinum, neuter of bombycinus ‘silken’, based on Greek bombux ‘silkworm’. |