mulmull
(ˈmʌlmʌl)
Also 7–8 mulmul, 8 mallemolle, 9 mull-mull.
[a. Hindī malmal.]
A thin variety of muslin. Cf. mull n.6
| 1676 S. Master Diary 14 Oct. in Hedges' Diary (Hakl. Soc.) II. 235 Maulda..is a place where great..Varietyes of Course goods proper for Europe are made and procured, as Cossaes, Hummums, Mulmulls [etc.]. 1721 C. King Brit. Merch. I. 223 Which..I value at 20s., the 10 Yards, from a Long Cloth or Bast to a Mulmul or Dorea. 1862 Mrs. Speid Last Yrs. India iv. 86 Our ghost is clad in white. Not in specific white—mull mull or nainsook,..but in white, or whiteness the abstraction. |