satin de chine
English
editEtymology
editMid 19th century; from French satin de Chine (although this is apparently first attested later: 1859 or earlier), literally “satin of China”.[1]
Noun
editsatin de chine (countable and uncountable, plural satins de chine or satin de chines)
- A napless worsted satin.
- 1881, Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey, for the Year Ending October 31st, 1881, Somerville, N.J.: Edward B. Porter, page 152:
- Marcelines, florentines, serges, satin de chine, and the various fabrics used for lining are produced in great quantities here.
- 1886, Reports on the Statistics of Wages in Manufacturing Industries; with Supplementary Reports on the Average Retail Price of Necessaries of Life, and on Trades Societies, and Strikes and Lockouts, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 369:
- This classification includes the manufacture of a large variety of silk goods, among which are machine twist, tram, organzine, fringe, broad silks, gros-grains, serges, surahs, satins de chine, and silk handkerchiefs.
- 1924, Supreme Court Papers on Appeal from Order:
- Q. Do you know what other concerns made these satin de chines? A. I did not bother with that. Q. Did you know what concerns were selling satin de chines?
References
edit- ^ “satin de chine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.