Bombazine Definition
bŏmbə-zēn
noun
A twilled cloth of silk or rayon with worsted, often dyed black.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Bombazine
Noun
Singular:
bombazine
Plural:
bombazinesOrigin of Bombazine
French bombasin from Medieval Latin bambacīnum cotton fabric from bombax bombac- cotton from Latin bombȳx silk, silkworm from Greek bombūx silkworm
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silk-worm”).
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