Cretonne
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cretonne is a noun meaning A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.
Meaning
A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.
Example Sentences
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; […]
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."
Word Forms
- cretonnes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crepoline, crinoline, casinet, cottonee, cire, croydon.
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