Definition of "cottons" [cottons]

• Plural form of cotton. (noun)

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• "That is one reason Victorians had white umbrellas and hats and wore thin cottons in the summer."
• "(_Rhus coriaria_), native of the South of Europe, but which is also grown in Syria and Palestine, for its powerful astringent properties, which renders it valuable for tanning light-colored leather, and it imparts a beautiful bright yellow dye to cottons, which is rendered permanent by proper mordants."
• "Youwill do better sewing wovens, such as cottons, if you are not a sewer."