Meaning of moreen | Babel Free

Definitions

A thick woollen fabric, watered or with embossed figures, once used in upholstery, for curtains, etc. It is a variety of camlet.

archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.”

“Briggs cried, and Becky laughed a great deal and kissed the gentlewoman as soon as they got into the passage; and thence into Mrs. Bowls's front parlour, with the red moreen curtains, and the round looking-glass […]”

“Ready-money Mortiboy's parlour is a gaunt, cold room, with long, narrow windows, wire blinds, horsehair chairs, a horsehair sofa, red moreen curtains, and a round table with a red cover reaching to the floor.”

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