bombazine

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UK/ˈbɒmbəziːn/UK/ˈbʌmbəziːn/

noun

A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.

OriginMiddle French bombasin ← Late Latin bombasinum →
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Meanings

nounbombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)

plural bombazines · alternative bombasine · alternative bombazin · alternative bombasin

  1. countableuncountableA twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.

    I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.

    2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 144

Origin

  1. Late Latinbombasinum
  2. Middle Frenchbombasin
  3. Englishbombazine

From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).

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APA

bombazine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombazine

MLA

“bombazine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombazine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bombazine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombazine.

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