Muslin vs Percale - What's the difference?
muslin | percale |
(lb) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
*1875 , Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary , Vol.2 p.1502:
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
(lb) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
*1875 , Edward H. Knight, Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary , Vol.2 pp.1502−3:
*:Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins , and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.
A term used for a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
(lb) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
As nouns the difference between muslin and percale
is that muslin is any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth while percale is a fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.muslin
English
(wikipedia muslin)Noun
(en noun)- A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]