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Webster 1913 Edition
Cretonne
Cre-tonne′
(kr?-t?n′)
, Noun.
[F., gr.
Creton
, its first manufacturer.] 1.
A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
2.
A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
3.
A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
Definition 2024
cretonne
cretonne
English
Noun
cretonne (countable and uncountable, plural cretonnes)
- A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 58
- 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; […]
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 58
Translations
strong cotton, linen or rayon fabric