book muslin

noun

A kind of fine muslin sold folded in a book-like manner and used for women's clothing.

First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounbook muslin (countable and uncountable, plural book muslins)

plural book muslins

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableA kind of fine muslin sold folded in a book-like manner and used for women's clothing.First known use 18th c.

    She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.

    1793, Jane Austen, “A beautiful description of the different effects of Sensibility on different Minds”, in Juvenilia
  2. countableuncountableA type of muslin used to reinforce the backbone construction of a book.
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APA

book muslin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20muslin

MLA

“book muslin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20muslin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “book muslin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20muslin.

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