Meaning of marocain | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A heavy crepe fabric of silk, wool, or both, having a cross-ribbed texture, used for apparel.
   countable, uncountable
2. A variety of grape.
3. A name used for two unrelated varieties of French wine grape, carignan and cinsault.

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Examples

“For summer tailored costumes it will be unequalled. "Toile Marocain," is a quite new fabric neither silk nor wool, but a special mixture of silk and goat's wool, that resembles the coarse stuff the native Arabs use⟳ in making their great burnouse—a hooded cape—and it comes in plain colors, particularly elephant gray, adapted to tailored costumes; and it is produced in chinè weaves with a Toile de Jouy effect, for little jackets and waistcoats.”

“Rodier's favored wool fabric this spring⟳ is Crêpella, a wool crêpe marocain. It is evident that crêpe gained such favor during the past season that Rodier now applies the same process⟳ to woolens.”

“Bianchini Ferier are also showing a great variety of crêpes, Marocains of the heaviest and best qualities that sell⟳ for 85 francs a yard, and brocaded marocains that are more crêpe Romain, […]”

“There is now a very wide range in woven fabrics of cotton and artificial silk, which may contain⟳ percentages of artificial silk ranging from 5–60%. Thus we have⟳ cotton coatings, Bedford cords, cambric shirtings, lingerie fabrics, cotton marocains, poplins, […]”

“France is by far the largest supplier of silk piece goods to Argentina. […] The types of cloth wanted are principally flat crepe, marocain, georgettes, lingerie silk, crepe de Chine, and satin.”

“Silk crepe yarns have⟳ been very widely used in the past for well-known fabrics such as crepe-de-chine, marocain and georgette.”

“Gros Maroc (Marocain).—Bunches large, long, and shouldered, and with a long stalk. Berries large and oval. Skin thick, of a deep reddish-purple, and covered with an abundant blue bloom. Flesh tender, sweet, and richly flavoured.”

“Gros Maroc. Marocain. An excellent variety, ripening after Black Hamburgh. A great bearer, well suited to a cold vinery.”

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