ˈetamine
Also 8 etamin. Also in Fr. form étamine.
[a. Fr. étamine: see estamin.]
† a. = estamin (obs.). b. (see quot. 1884.)
| 1714 Fr. Bk. of Rates 378 Etamins fine..Etamins common. 1759 W. Verral Cookery p. xxviii, An etamine or two for the straining your thick soups, cullies or creams. 1794 A. Young Trav. (ed. 2) I. xix. 552 Here are etamines, linen, stockings, bleach-grounds, &c. 1884 West. Daily Press 13 June 7/6 Etamine, a sort of embroidered canvas..likely to be worn at spas. 1886 Pall Mall G. 3 June 8/1 A..dainty chemiset of cream étamine. 1966 Harper's Bazaar Sept. 50 Evening dress..in bougainvillia pink étamine. |