percaline

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noun

A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one colour.

OriginFrench percaline →
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Meanings

nounpercaline (countable and uncountable, plural percalines)

plural percalines

  1. countableuncountableA fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one colour.

Origin

  1. Frenchpercaline
  2. Englishpercaline

Borrowed from French percaline.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

percaline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percaline

MLA

“percaline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percaline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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