Definition of "sarcenet" []

• A fine soft silk cloth. (noun)

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• "Violet timorously asked, What about the bale of silk sarcenet?"
• "The young woman was dressed in a lovely gown of white crepe spotted with white satin over a sarcenet slip, trimmed at the neck and sleeves with wreaths of black silk flowers."
• "Intense was the low murmur of admiration when a particularly small gentleman, in a dress coat, led on a particularly tall lady in a blue sarcenet pelisse and bonnet of the same, ornamented with large white feathers, and forthwith commenced a plaintive duet."