TARLATAN


Meaning of TARLATAN in English

/tahr"leuh tn, -teuhn/ , n.

a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.

[ 1720-30; tarlatane, dissimilated var. of tarnatane kind of cloth orig. imported from India ]

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