Definition of Sateen

1. Noun. A cotton fabric with a satiny finish.

Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile

Definition of Sateen

1. n. A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.

Definition of Sateen

1. Noun. A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sateen

1. a cotton fabric [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sateen

sataras
satavaptan
satay
satays
satchel
satcheled
satchelful
satchelfuls
satchelled
satchels
satchelsful
satcomms
satcoms
sate
sated
sateen (current term)
sateens
sateless
satelles
satellite
satellite-rich heterochromatin
satellite DNA
satellite RNA
satellite TV
satellite abscess
satellite campus
satellite cell
satellite cell of skeletal muscle
satellite cells
satellite communications

Literary usage of Sateen

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

1. Textile design and colour by William Watson (1912)
"Irregular sateen Bases—Four-sateen Arrangements—Six-sateen Arrangements—Irregular Eight-sateen Arrangements. Regular and Irregular sateen Arrangements ..."

2. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise for the by Roberts Beaumont (1890)
"Derivatives of the sateen—93. Corkscrews or Round Twills—94. Construction of Twills—95. ... sateen ..."

3. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"... sateen, satinet. 'rasgadura, "pping. raspaduras i¡e remolacha, beet root rasp. rasgar, Ю rip, to tear, to rend, to rent. ..."

4. The Hindoos as They are: A Description of the Manners, Customs, and Inner by Ṣivachandra Vasu, Shib Chunder Bose (1881)
"So acutely sensitive is a Hindoo lady in this respect that she would rather suffer the miseries of widowhood than be cursed with the presence of a sateen, ..."

5. Textiles: A Handbook for the Student and the Consumer by Mary Schenck Woolman, Ellen Beers Mcgowan (1920)
"The term satin or sateen (Fig. 68 A and B) is used to designate certain classes of design, such as five-shaft or eight-shaft satin. ..."

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