What does batiste mean?
Batiste means A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric..
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/bəˈtiːst/ · noun
A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric..
Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.
Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women.
He had started to stroke her, shivering, staring ahead, following with a blind man's hand the dip of her spine through the batiste.
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Batiste means A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric..
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Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.
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