Nainsook

Nainsook is a soft, fine, lightweight form of muslin.^[1]^[2] Muslin encompasses a broad range of fabrics of varying weight and fineness, but is always a plain weave, cotton fabric. The English word 'nainsook', documented from 1790 onwards,^[3] derives from the Hindi word nainsukh, which literally means "eye's delight".^[1]

"The little girl's dress is of white China scilk (sic). The yoke is covered with all-over-lace. The ruffles are hemmed up and feather-stitched. The child's dress is of white nainsook with hemstitching and insertion."

Nainsook was often used to make babies' clothing or lingerie at least until the 1920s.^[4] Nainsook cotton was also often used to make bias tape in the 1950s and 1960s.

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1 2 "Nainsook". Merriam Webster. Merriam Webster, Inc. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
↑ "Nainsook". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
↑ "nainsook". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
↑ Wells, Jane Warren (1924). Dress and Be Slender. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Publishers.

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[Merriam-1] 1 2 "Nainsook". Merriam Webster. Merriam Webster, Inc. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[Oxford-2] "Nainsook". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

[3] "nainsook". Oxford English Dictionary (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[Wells-4] Wells, Jane Warren (1924). Dress and Be Slender. Scranton, PA: International Textbook Publishers.

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