muslin
Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
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Born ~1875 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
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Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
“Chanel model Bhavitha Mandava seemed to show up to the Met Gala in jeans — which were actually muslin pants with a ‘blue denim effect’ in a nod to her story.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins, and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.
“Yes, female Muslin. Lovely photo.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
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