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pop·lin

(pŏp′lĭn)

A ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, wool, or cotton, used in making clothing and upholstery.

[Obsolete French papeline, perhaps from Provençal papalino, feminine of papalin, papal (so called because it was first made at the papal town of Avignon), from Medieval Latin pāpālis, from Late Latin pāpa, pope; see pope.]

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poplin

(ˈpɒplɪn)

(Textiles)

a. a strong fabric, usually of cotton, in plain weave with fine ribbing, used for dresses, children's wear, etc

b. (as modifier): a poplin shirt.

[C18: from French papeline, perhaps from Poperinge, a centre of textile manufacture in Flanders]

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pop•lin

(ˈpɒp lɪn)

n.

a finely corded fabric of cotton, rayon, silk, or wool, for dresses, draperies, etc.

[1700–10; < French popeline, earlier papeline < Italian papalina, feminine of papalino papal; so called from being made at the papal city of Avignon. See papal, -ine¹]

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poplin - a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery

cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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popeline

поплин

poplin

[ˈpɒplɪn] N → popelina f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

poplin

[ˈpɒplɪn]

n → popeline f

adj [blouse, dress] → en popelinepop music n → musique f pop

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

poplin

n → Popeline f; poplin dress → Popelinekleid nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

poplin

[ˈpɒplɪn] n → popeline f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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I have some notion of putting such a trimming as this to my white and silver poplin. Do you think it will look well?"

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