Definition of Sarsnet

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sarsenet) Oxford English Dictionary ''sarsenet, sarcenet''[ sarsnet ], www.mijnwoordenboek.nl ¹

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Definition of Sarsnet

1. sarcenet [n -S] - See also: sarcenet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarsnet

sarsaparillas
sarsaparillin
sarsar
sarsars
sarsasapogenin
sarsden
sarsdens
sarse
sarsed
sarsen
sarsenet
sarsenets
sarsens
sarses
sarsing
sarsnet (current term)
sarsnets
sarsparilla
sarsparillas
sartain
sartainties
sartainty
sartin
sartor
sartorial
sartorialism
sartorialist
sartorialists
sartorially
sartorii

Literary usage of Sarsnet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Yale Studies in English edited by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Yale university New Haven (1903)
"The following quotation shows that taffeta and sarsnet were used together: ' Loose jerkins of tawny taffety cut and lined with yellow sarsnet;'. ..."

2. The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare: And by John Payne Collier (1831)
"... of which William Locke had the charge : they consisted of 36f yards of white sarsnet, 22f yards of yellow sarsnet, 13f yards of black sarsnet, ..."

3. The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare: And by John Payne Collier (1879)
"... of which William Locke then had the charge : they consisted of 36! yards of white sarsnet, 22f yards of yellow sarsnet, 13f yards of black sarsnet, ..."

4. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1901)
"Itm. ij of blake sarsnet ' of [iij q"~rters crossed out and] yerd [written over] or more ... Itm. a goode one • of yerd & more evy way • of Reed sarsnet ..."

5. Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting (1806)
"A full dress gown, made of light blue sarsnet, trimmed round the neck with Vandyke lace; the ends of the sleeves trimmed with the same to correspond, ..."

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