batiste
As Batiste ( French is) a very fine denier, lightweight woven, lightweight fabric called, the predominantly from cotton , linen , but partly also from chemical fibers , silk or rayon may be woven.
It was possibly named after the linen weaver Jean Baptiste from Cambrai , who, according to tradition, was perhaps the first to develop such cloth in the 13th century . According to other sources, the name batiste was borrowed from the Indian word baftas for white calico . In English the substance is called Cambric , after Cambrai.
Batiste is woven from threads finer than 80 Nm in a plain weave.
The Madapolam is a qualitatively comparable substance.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Max Pfister: Introduction to Romance Etymology . Scientific Book Society, 1980, ISBN 978-3-534-07834-9 ( Google books ).
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