/dim"i tee/ , n. , pl. dimities .
a thin cotton fabric, white, dyed, or printed, woven with a stripe or check of heavier yarn.
[ 1400-50; earlier dimite, late ME demyt dimettum dímiton, n. use of neut. of dímitos double-threaded, equiv. to di- DI- 1 + mít ( os ) warp thread + -os adj. suffix; source of final syll. unclear ]