Meanings
poplin1
plural poplins
- countableuncountableA fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.
Actress Pat Ast, who used to model for Halston, says she disguises her 220 pounds by wearing loose cotton knit or khaki poplin vests, night and day, always in solid colors.
1996, Chevalier Publications (publisher), Femme Mirror, page 58Synonyms: bengaline
Poplin2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted; used especially for women's dresses.
Origin
- Frenchpapeline
- Englishpoplin
An alteration (taken as related to Pope) of French papeline, a distortion of Poperinge, a town in Flanders which was a centre for textile production.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian поплин
- поплин (poplin)certain kind of fabric
Catalan popelín
- popelíncertain kind of fabric
Chinese Mandarin 府綢 /府绸
- 府綢 /府绸 (fǔchóu)certain kind of fabric
Czech popelín
- popelíncertain kind of fabric
Finnish popliini
- popliinicertain kind of fabric
French popeline
- popelinecertain kind of fabric
Polish popelina
- popelinacertain kind of fabric
Swedish poplin
- poplincertain kind of fabric
Cite this entry
poplin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poplin
“poplin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poplin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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