muslin

1. (uncountable, usually)Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

   Musselin

   мусли́нmuslín

2. (US, uncountable, usually)Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.

   plain-woven cotton fabric

3. (uncountable, usually)Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.

4. (US, uncountable, usually)Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.

5. (countable, usually)A mock-up of a garment pattern made of inexpensive fabric for the purpose of optimizing its fit on the wearer, before the garment is produced in more expensive fabric.

   Fitting this pattern is tricky, so we recommend you make a muslin first.

6. (uncountable, usually)Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.

7. (uncountable, usually)Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.

1. Velvet and muslin are two very different types of fabric.

   ruБархат и муслин - два очень разных типа ткани.

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2. Clothed in the costliest silks and muslins, she was the greatest beauty in the palace.

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3. Clothed in the costliest silks and muslins, she was the greatest beauty in the palace, but she could neither sing nor speak.

   deGekleidet in kostbarste Seide und Musselin, war sie die größte Schönheit im Schloss, aber sie konnte weder singen noch sprechen.

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