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batiste
CIDE DICTIONARY
batiste, n. [F. batiste, from the name of the alleged first maker, Baptiste of Cambrai. Littré. ].
Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
batiste, n. & adj.
--n. a fine linen or cotton cloth.
--adj. made of batiste.
--n. a fine linen or cotton cloth.
--adj. made of batiste.
Etymology
F (earlier batiche), perh. rel. to battre BATTER(1)
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