Crossword clues for percale
percale
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Percale \Per`cale"\, n. [F.] A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear, and for bedsheets.
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
n. A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
WordNet
n. a fine closely woven cotton fabric
Wikipedia
Percale, or percalcos, is a closely woven plain-weave fabric often used for bed covers. Percale has a thread count of about 200 or higher and is noticeably tighter than the standard type of weave used for bedsheets. It has medium weight, is firm and smooth with no gloss, and warps and washes very well. It is made from both carded and combed yarns, and may be woven of various fibers, such as cotton, polyester, or various blends.
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.