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Open weave fabric
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grenadine
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Word definitions for grenadine in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1896, from French sirop de grenadin "syrup made from pomegranates," from Middle French grenade "pomegranate" (see pomegranate ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grenadine \Gren`a*dine"\, n. [F.] A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear. A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He also likes grenadine in an old-fashioned.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Grenadine is a weave characterised by its light, open, gauze-like feel, and is produced on jacquard looms . Originally produced in Italy and worn as a black silk lace in France in the eighteenth century, it is now woven with silk for use in ties .
Usage examples of grenadine.
A murmur of conversation arose, subdued, gracious, mingled with the soft rustle of silk, grenadines, velvet.
He threw together Scotch whisky and British port-type wine, adding flat draught bitter beer, grenadine, angostura, and some very sour canned orange juice which the management had bought up cheap some months before.