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cretonne

/kri-ton, kree-ton/US // krɪˈtɒn, ˈkri tɒn //UK // (krɛˈtɒn, ˈkrɛtɒn) //

克雷通纳,克雷顿,克雷托纳,克雷通

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a heavy cotton material in colorfully printed designs, used especially for drapery and slipcovers.

Examples

  • "Oh bother," grumbled Mollie, as after their breakfast she gloomily surveyed the landscape from the cretonne-curtained window.

  • Quick as thought I was back in my old position, to find my view barred by a cretonne curtain.

  • He found the cabin door on the hook, and the faded curtain of cretonne drawn across.

  • There was new cretonne on the old sofa, a handsome cloth on the centre-table, and a new easy-chair.

  • If they are not in their night-shirts you can examine the covering--usually satin or perhaps cretonne.