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What (who) is mousseline - definition
mousseline
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Mousseline (disambiguation)
['mu:sli:n]
¦ noun
1. a fine, semi-opaque fabric.
2. a light sweet or savoury mousse.
a frothy sauce consisting of hollandaise with egg white or whipped cream.
Origin
C17: from Fr. (see muslin).
muslin
![In ''Advantages of wearing Muslin Dresses!'' (1802), [[James Gillray]] satirically pointed out a hazard of untreated muslin: its flammability.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muslin-Dresses-Gillray.jpeg?width=200 "In ''Advantages of wearing Muslin Dresses!'' (1802), [[James Gillray]] satirically pointed out a hazard of untreated muslin: its flammability.")
![A [[first-aid]] packet of 5m of "hydrophilic muslin", given to Italian soldiers in World War I](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Semplici medicamenti per i soldati.jpg?width=200 "A [[first-aid]] packet of 5m of \"hydrophilic muslin\", given to Italian soldiers in World War I")
COTTON FABRIC OF PLAIN WEAVE OF BANGLADESH
Muslin gauze; Muslin cloth; مَوْصِلِيّ; Dhakai Muslin; Mulmul; Dhaka muslin
¦ noun lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave.
Derivatives
muslined adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr. mousseline, from Ital. mussolina, from Mussolo 'Mosul' (the place in Iraq where it was first manufactured).
Examples of use of mousseline
1. While draped mousseline interwoven silk tops and delicate lace skirts were sure hits, his peony floral prints, especially in some of the longer evening versions, were nothing if not a little garish and lacked his usual, more elegantly restrained statements.