mozambique

plural mozambiques · alternative Mozambique

1. countableuncountableAny of various kinds of dress material.

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   A thin gauzy dress fabric generally constructed with a cotton warp and a mohair filling. It is distinguished from mohair by its thinner and more filmy texture. High-grade mozambiques are often woven in fancy plaids and checks and complicated openwork patterns, and when of this style are intended to be made up over a foundation fabric.

   1900, George S. Cole, “MOZAMBIQUE”, in Cole's Encyclopedia of Dry Goods: A Reference Book for the Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods Trade of the United States […], Chicago; New York; St. Louis: Root Newspaper Association, page 366

alternative Mosambique · alternative Mocambique

1. A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.

   Synonyms: Moz.

2. historicalThe former communist country of the People's Republic of Mozambique.
   1. historicalA former colony of Portugal.
3. An island or its town in the province of Nampula, Mozambique, from which its name was transferred to the country.
4. A broad strait, the modern Mozambique Channel, which separates the island of Madagascar from the African mainland of Mozambique.

   During our cruise in the Mozambique we had generally light winds, almost invariably from E.S.E., or calms, and smooth water, nearly the whole time.

   1857 May, “Extracts from the Journal of Captain M. S. Nolloth, H.M.S. 'Frolic'”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, for 1857, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., page 252

plural Mozambiques · alternative Mosambique · alternative Mocambique

1. A native or inhabitant of Mozambique; a Mozambican.
2. Alternative letter-case form of mozambique (“fabric”).