nainsook

/neyn-sook, nan-/US // ˈneɪn sʊk, ˈnæn- //UK // (ˈneɪnsʊk, ˈnæn-) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.

She wore a white duck skirt, a soft nainsook blouse open at the throat, the sailor collar knotted with a red silk scarf.
She wore a frock of white embroidered nainsook and a leghorn covered with white feathers.
The framework and ribs were made entirely of Riga pine; the surface fabric was nainsook.
I should get them to do it for me on soft fine nainsook, and make a speciality of summer morning gowns and children's frocks.
They decide to use nainsook and to trim them with German valenciennes lace.