Etymology

bengaline

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Today it means: A fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin. Full definition →

French bengaline
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  1. French · borrowed frombengaline
  2. English todaybengaline

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

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