sarsenet

English

Alternative forms

• sarsnet
• sarcenet
• sarconet

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman sarzinett, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sarrasinet, diminutive of sarrazin (“Saracen”).

Noun

sarsenet (countable and uncountable, plural sarsenets)

1. A very fine and soft silk ribbon woven in a plain weave with a fine warp and higher density weft. Now chiefly used for linings.

Anagrams

• Saeterns, assenter, earnests, estranes, steranes