Mousseline de laine

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mousseline \Mousse`line"\, n. [F.]
   Muslin.
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   {Mousseline de laine}. [F., muslin of wool.] Muslin delaine.
      See under {Muslin}.

   {Mousseline glass}, a kind of thin blown glassware, such as
      wineglasses, etc.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Muslin \Mus"lin\, n. [F. mousseline; cf. It. mussolino, mussolo,
   Sp. muselina; all from Mussoul a city of Mesopotamia, Ar.
   Mausil, Syr. Mauzol, Muzol, Mosul, where it was first
   manufactured. Cf. {Mull} a kind of cloth.]
   A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also
   applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and
   sheeting muslins. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven
   as {percale}.
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   {Muslin cambric}. See {Cambric}.

   {Muslin delaine}, a light woolen fabric for women's dresses.
      See {Delaine}. [Written also {mousseline de laine}.]
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