Muslin

Japanese: モスリン
Muslin
〘Noun〙 (muslin, mousseline) A type of woolen fabric. A thin, soft-textured fabric woven with worsted yarn. Also, fabrics that imitate it. In particular, fabrics woven with cotton yarn are called cotton muslin. Tang crepe. Merinth. Moss. *Chugai Shogyo Shinpo - November 10, 1900 (Meiji 33) "The demand for muslin has been gradually increasing in India recently" [Essay] Originally a fabric woven in Mosul, Mesopotamia, this woolen fabric was imitated and woven in France and England. It was imported during the late Edo and Meiji periods, and demand for it as a Japanese kimono expanded, leading to domestic production and export overseas. It was originally called Merinth, but came to be called Muslin in the latter half of the Meiji period.

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (muslin, mousseline) 毛織物の一つ。梳毛糸で平織りにした薄地で柔らかい風合のもの。また、それを模した布地。特に、綿糸で織られたものは綿モスリンという。唐縮緬(とうちりめん)。メリンス。モス。※中外商業新報‐明治三三年(1900)一一月一〇日「印度に於ては昨今モスリンの需要漸次増加し」[語誌]もともとはメソポタミアのモスル(Mosul)で織りだされた布地で、それを模してフランスやイギリスで織りだした毛織物。幕末、明治時代に輸入され、和服用として需要が拡大、国産化され、国外にも輸出されるようになった。はじめメリンスと呼ばれたが、明治時代後半からモスリンと呼ばれるようになった。

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