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Cloth for sheeting
Answer for the clue "Cloth for sheeting ", 7 letters:
percale
Alternative clues for the word percale
Word definitions for percale in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a fine closely woven cotton fabric
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, name of a fabric imported from the East; in modern use, 1840, from French percale , perhaps ultimately from Persian pargalah "a rag."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
Usage examples of percale.
The night let her pass unescorted except for what she brought with her, the pop-pop-pop of her little engine, the flap of wind in the percale of her wings, and the siffle of air slipping through the wire struts that held her biplane together.
There were velvets, lawns, percales, soft woofs, mohair, swansdown, shalloon, prunella, tammy, tulle, organdy, crepe, the delicate French laces.