muslin: [17] Etymologically, muslin is ‘cloth from Mosul’, a city in Iraq where fine cotton fabric was once made. The Arabic form mūslin was adopted into Italian as mussolino, and made its way into English via French mousseline.
muslin (n.)
c. 1600, "delicately woven cotton fabric," from French mousseline (17c.), from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo, Italian name of Mosul, city in northern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) where muslin was made. Like many fabric names, it has changed meaning over the years, in this case from luxurious to commonplace. In 13c. French, mosulin meant "cloth of silk and gold." The meaning "everyday cotton fabric for shirts, bedding, etc." is first attested 1872 in American English.
例文
1. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin .
彼女は装飾的な薄い糸で顔を隠した。
2.Strain the mixture through a double thickness of muslin or cheesecloth.
混合物を二重平織りの細布またはチーズで包んで濾過した。
3."That，"answered Scarlett，pointing at the fluffy mass of green flowered muslin .
"それは、"思嘉は答え、その乱れた緑の布の花を指しながら。Winston gazed abstractedly through the muslin curtain.
ウィンストンは薄い紗のカーテンを通して、ぼんやりと窓の外を見つめていた。
5.The little creature was daintily decked out in soft,snowy muslin .