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Definition of "tarlatan" [tar•la•tan]

  • A thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tarlatan" in a sentence
  • "But green tarlatan is not the only fabric which contains arsenic."
  • "Attention has very frequently been called to the presence of large amounts of arsenic in green tarlatan, which has given rise so many times to dangerous symptoms of poisoning when made into dresses and worn, so that it is very rare now to see a green tarlatan dress."
  • "This is commonly done on tarlatan, a coarsely woven, heavily starched, and who-knows-what-else fabric made of cotton."