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bombazine (iou)



bombazine noun. Also bombasine. M16.
[Old & mod. French bombasin from medieval Latin bombacinum from bombycinum neut. of bombycinus silken, from BOMBYX: see -INE1.]
= BOMBACE. M-L16.
A twilled dress-material of worsted with or without silk or cotton; esp. a black kind formerly much used in mourning. L16.