toilinet

noun

toi·​li·​net

variants or toilinette

¦tȯilə¦net

plural -s

: a fabric with silk or cotton warp and wool weft in use in the 19th century for fancy waistcoats

Word History

Etymology

probably from French toile cloth, linen cloth + English -inet, -inette (as in satinet, satinette)

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