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Definition of nainsook in English: nainsooknoun ˈneɪnsʊkˈnānˌso͝ok mass nounA fine, soft cotton fabric, originally from South Asia. 奈恩苏克布（原产印度次大陆的一种细软棉布） Example sentencesExamples - This fabric dates back to seventeenth century India when it was sometimes called nansook, nyansook or nainsook and was thought to give ‘pleasure to the eye’.
- From cotton are made many qualities of unbleached, half-bleached, and bleached cloth, also calicoes, ginghams, muslins, nainsooks, cambrics, etc.
- For an undergarment of this style, nainsook, batiste, long-cloth and cambric are the best materials.
- Nainsook and lawn were made in extra fine, fine and regular cottons with the extra fine nainsook having a silk finish.
- This structure greatly increased their capabilities, allowing them to bleach, for the first time, such classes of cotton goods as wide sheetings and fancy lawns and nainsooks.
OriginLate 18th century: from Hindi nainsukh, from nain 'eye' + sukh 'pleasure'. Definition of nainsook in US English: nainsooknounˈnānˌso͝ok A fine, soft cotton fabric, originally from South Asia. 奈恩苏克布（原产印度次大陆的一种细软棉布） Example sentencesExamples - This fabric dates back to seventeenth century India when it was sometimes called nansook, nyansook or nainsook and was thought to give ‘pleasure to the eye’.
- From cotton are made many qualities of unbleached, half-bleached, and bleached cloth, also calicoes, ginghams, muslins, nainsooks, cambrics, etc.
- This structure greatly increased their capabilities, allowing them to bleach, for the first time, such classes of cotton goods as wide sheetings and fancy lawns and nainsooks.
- For an undergarment of this style, nainsook, batiste, long-cloth and cambric are the best materials.
- Nainsook and lawn were made in extra fine, fine and regular cottons with the extra fine nainsook having a silk finish.
OriginLate 18th century: from Hindi nainsukh, from nain ‘eye’ + sukh ‘pleasure’. |