What does "bengaline" mean?

A fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin.

What is a synonym for "bengaline"?

Common synonyms include: poplin, poplin.

Pronounced //ˈbɛŋɡəliːn//.

//ˈbɛŋɡəliːn// noun

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Noun

1
A fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin. countable, uncountable
"Ruperta tonight was in a narrow black bengaline costume with a Medici collar and cuffs of bastard chinchilla."

"Ruperta tonight was in a narrow black bengaline costume with a Medici collar and cuffs of bastard chinchilla."

From French bengaline, from its resemblance to a kind of fabric imported from Bengal.

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