Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins, and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.
A term used for a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen. Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments
One of the oldest scaples known, and is used for aprons, blouses, bedspreads, handkerchiefs, house dresses, interlinings, linings, sheets, underwear, and a host of other articles
The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins
A plain-woven cotton, typically used as the under layer on a piece of upholstered furniture, over which the decorative upholstery material is mounted
a plain, undyed cotton fabric, available bleached or unbleached A fine quality bleached muslin is used in quilting as a neutral background or as a foundation under thinner fabric
A plain-woven cotton, typically used as the underlayer on a piece of upholstered furniture, over which the decorative upholstery material is mounted
A large group of plain weave cotton fabrics ranging from light to heavy weight The sizing may also be light or heavy Muslin can be solid colored or printed
A term used for a wide variety of tightly-woven cotton fabrics, especially that used for bedlinen
An inexpensive, medium weight, plain weave, low count (less than 160 threads per square inch) cotton sheeting fabric In its unfinished form, it is commonly used in fashion design to make trial garments for preliminary fit
Muslin is very thin cotton cloth. white muslin curtains. a very thin cotton cloth used for making dresses and curtains, especially in the past (mousseline, from mawsiliy )
A plain, usually undyed cotton fabric It may be bleached or unbleached, and it is available in a wide range of qualities and widths Muslin has traditionally been used as a neutral background for appliqué, as a foundation under thinner fabric, and as a backing for quilts Muslin originated in the city of Mosul, now in Iraq
So called from Mosul, in Asia, where it was first manufactured (French, mousseline; Italian, mussolino )
Cloth used for sheeting with a thread count under 180 threads per inch Muslin is more loosely woven and feels coarser than percale
() From Italian mussolina, from Mussolo (“Mosul”) in Northern Iraq (compare 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India.")