Cretonne

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery. countable, uncountable

    "Mrs. Strickland had moved with the times. Gone were the Morris papers and gone the severe cretonnes, gone were the Arundel prints that had adorned the walls of her drawing-room in Ashley Gardens; […]"

  2. 2
    an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies wordnet

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corduroycottonfabricnylon

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"Mrs. Strickland had moved with the times. Gone were the Morris papers and gone the severe cretonnes, gone were the Arundel prints that had adorned the walls of her drawing-room in Ashley Gardens; […]"

Etymology

From French cretonne.

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