cretonne

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Etymology

From French cretonne.

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Noun

cretonne (countable and uncountable, plural cretonnes)

  1. A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, “chapter 58”, in The Moon and Sixpence:
      Mrs. Strickland had moved with the times. Gone were the Morris papers and gone the severe cretonnes, gone were the Arundel prints that had adorned the walls of her drawing-room in Ashley Gardens; […]
    • 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 12, in Main Street:
      She noted with tenderness all the makeshifts: the darned chair-arms, the patent rocker covered with sleazy cretonne, the pasted strips of paper mending the birch-bark napkin-rings labeled "Papa" and "Mama."

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French

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps named after the village Créton in Normandy.

Pronunciation

Noun

cretonne f (plural cretonnes)

  1. cretonne (strong, heavy fabric of cotton)

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