book muslin

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Noun

book muslin (countable and uncountable, plural book muslins)

  1. (now historical) A kind of fine muslin sold folded in a book-like manner and used for women's clothing.
    • 1793, Jane Austen, “A beautiful description of the different effects of Sensibility on different Minds”, in Juvenilia:
      She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.
  2. A type of muslin used to reinforce the backbone construction of a book.