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noun
A strong, rough fabric made up of a mixture of silk, and mohair or wool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A garment made from this fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh2- (“to grow old, mature”)). The word is a doublet of grosgrain which was borrowed later.
Across languages
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