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Fustian - Wikipedia
Fustian is a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton, chiefly prepared for menswear. Textile samples: fustian, linen and moleskin
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FUSTIAN Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a : a strong cotton and linen fabric b : a class of cotton fabrics usually having a pile face and twill weave 2. high-flown or affected writing or speech
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FUSTIAN Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · a hard-wearing fabric of cotton mixed with flax or wool with a slight nap. ( as modifier ). a fustian jacket · pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
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fustian
fustian, n. and a. (ˈfʌstɪən) Forms: 3 fustane, 4–5 fustain, 4 fustayn, 4–6 fustiane, -yan(e, fusten(e, (5 fustien, fustyn, 6 fustin, fuschain, fustheyn, fushtyayne, fustyam, fusteen, fosten, Sc. fustean), 5–7 fustion, -yon, 4– fustian. [a. OF. fustaigne, -aine, mod.F. futaine fem. = Pr. fustani, Sp...
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FUSTIAN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
a thick, rough cotton cloth that lasts for a long time. About 1577, a certain type of fustian became popular in the city of Genoa.
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Fustian - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Fustian is overblown, pretentious speech or writing. If you're a careful reader, a novelist's fustian won't disguise his book's flimsy plot and stereotypical ...
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Fustian cloth : r/HistoricalCostuming - Reddit
"Fustian is a generic term used to describe a hard-wearing type of fabric made from cotton and linen. The fabric contained a large amount of ...
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FUSTIAN definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. Obsolete a coarse cloth of cotton and linen 2. a thick cotton cloth with a short nap, as corduroy, velveteen, etc. 3. pompous, pretentious talk or writing; ...
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fustian - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
en:Alcoholic beverages · English adjectives · English terms with obsolete senses · en:Communication · en:Fabrics · Middle English terms borrowed from Old French ...
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The history of jeans, part 2: the success of fustian in England and art
In the 16th century, fustian became very popular in England, and hence overseas, and the history of jeans started to intertwine with the history of art.
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Fustian | Cotton, Wool & Velvet | Britannica
Fustian, fabric originally made by weaving two sets of cotton wefts, or fillings, on a linen warp, popular during the European Middle Ages.
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fustian
fustian/ˈfʌstɪən; ?@ -tʃən; `fʌstʃən/ n[U]1 thick strong coarse cotton cloth 厚而结实的粗棉布; 粗斜纹布 a jacket (made) of fustian 粗斜纹布(制成)的甲克 [attrib 作定语]a fustian jacket 粗斜纹布甲克.2 (dated derog 旧, 贬) talk that sounds impressive but is in fact empty and worthless; bombast 空洞无物的吹嘘; 夸夸其谈.
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Operation Fustian
Operation Fustian was an airborne forces operation undertaken during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 in the Second World War. In Operation Fustian they had suffered around 141 dead, and 168 missing or wounded.
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rumfustian
rumˈfustian (See quots.)1829 Hone Year Bk. 62 Rum fustian is a ‘night cap’, made precisely in the same way [as egg-flip]. 1862 Jerry Thomas How to mix Drinks (New York) 72 Rumfustian,..a drink very much in vogue with English sportsmen, after their return from a day's shooting. 1900 A. M. Earle Stage...
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Barragan (cloth)
See also
Fustian
Almerían silk
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Woven fabrics
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