percale
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French percale, of uncertain origin; probably compare percaulah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]percale (countable and uncountable, plural percales)
- (textiles) A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 403:
- In her percale bed. In her heaven of piled pillows.
Translations
[edit]textile
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Persian پرگاله (pargâle, “a patch, a percale”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]percale f (uncountable)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “percale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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