airplane cloth

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Noun[edit]

airplane cloth (uncountable)

  1. A closely-woven mercerized linen or cotton fabric, originally used for airplane wings, but later for garments such as sportswear and uniforms, and light luggage.[1] [2]
    • 1953, Ira Levin, chapter 11, in A Kiss Before Dying‎[3], New York: Pyramid, published 1964, page 46:
      In one white-gloved hand she held a purse, in the other, a small valise covered in tan airplane cloth with wide red stripes.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mary Brooks Picken, The Fashion Dictionary, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1973.[1]
  2. ^ Martin Hardingham, The Fabric Catalog, New York: Pocket Books, 1978, p. 48.[2]
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