cretonne

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French cretonne, of unknown origin.

Noun

cretonne (countable and uncountable, plural cretonnes)

1. A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 58

     Mrs. Strickland had moved with the times. Gone were the Morris papers and gone the severe cretonnes, gone were the Arundel prints that had adorned the walls of her drawing-room in Ashley Gardens; […]

Translations

strong cotton, linen or rayon fabric

• Finnish: kretonki (fi)
• Russian: крето́н (ru) m (kretón)
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• Spanish: cretona (es) f

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