OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31477

satin

/ˈsæt.ɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
raso • satén
A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Ita…
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