bengaline

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/ˈbɛŋɡəliːn/

noun

A fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin.

OriginFrench bengaline →
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Meanings

nounbengaline (countable and uncountable, plural bengalines)

plural bengalines

  1. countableuncountableA fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin.

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

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 415

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
poplin

Origin

  1. Frenchbengaline
  2. Englishbengaline

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Bengelian
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bengaline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bengaline.

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