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Definition of Bombazine
1. Noun. A twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted. "Black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments"
Definition of Bombazine
1. n. A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.
Definition of Bombazine
1. Noun. A fabric made from silk, wool or cotton dyed black ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bombazine
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombazine
Literary usage of Bombazine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Useful Arts Employed in the Production of Clothing (1851)
"bombazine is a mixture of silk and worsted: the former in the warp, and the latter
in the weft. Originally these were made only black, and used for mourning ..."
2. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
""A Bachelor of Arts' gown is made of bombazine or poplin, with large sleeves
terminating in a point, with apertures for the arms, just below the ..."
3. The American Stud Book by Sanders Dewees Bruce (1889)
"bombazine, bm, fouled 1877: bred by Mr. J. Lee; imported by James H. Keene, New
York. By Uncas (son of Stockwell and Nightingale, by Mountain Deer). ad dam ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1836)
"bombazine is the name of a fabric woven of worsted and silk ; the warp being the
... The manufacture of bombazine originated in Norwich, and is now almost ..."
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