muslin

IPA: mˈʌzɫʌn

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
(US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
(US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
(countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.
Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.

Examples of "muslin" in Sentences

Drain into a muslin cloth or cheesecloth.
The word muslin is also used colloquially.
You'd rumple all my muslin and uncurl my hair.
Dukul textile appears to have evolved into muslin.
Jamdani designs and muslin developed simultaneously.
Greece has an officially recognized Muslin minority.
Srikakulam is also famous for its high quality muslin.
The Kishorganj tanzeb was as prized as the Dacca muslin.
If muslin is not available, clean white cotton bedsheets are fine.
This slip is 100 percent cotton, thin muslin, and is surprisingly not hot.
This was not done directly, but a piece of muslin was placed over the vestment.
She had taken the lace and muslin from the basket, possibly to settle her nerves and wits, and was sewing upon it.
A scarf of thin muslin or a silk veil wound round the crown of a sun-helmet or hat and falling down behind as a shade.
To the 3x size sewer: take the pattern I recommended here and make it in muslin, m 90 "or 50" wide piece, double, and if it works you know the pattern fits.
Michael C criticizes that a lot of the others are still working in muslin and have nothing for their model to try on, but of course he's well on his way to a finished look, albeit it is a ball gown that has a train which dusts the floor very nicely.