percale

Definitions


[pəˈkeɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a closely woven fine cotton fabric
(e.g: six fine percale sheets)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (as percalla): partly via French, perhaps ultimately from Urdu parkāla ‘spark, pane of glass’, perhaps originally referring to inset glass spangles




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