Rayon vs Muslin - What's the difference?
rayon | muslin |
A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
(obsolete) A ray or beam.
(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.
As nouns the difference between rayon and muslin
is that rayon is an alternative spelling of lang=en while muslin is any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.rayon
English
(wikipedia rayon)Noun
- (Spenser)
muslin
English
(wikipedia muslin)Noun
(en noun)- A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]