tarlatan
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A thin stiff cotton cloth with an open weave that people use to clean printing plates and make dresses fuller
- noun
- /ˈtɑːrlətən/
- Specialized
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tarlatán
- The dressmaker chose tarlatan for the beautiful, lightweight summer dress she was creating.
Examples
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He made a colorful tarlatan banner to celebrate the festival in the town square.
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A green tarlatan banner draped across the front of the counter in the rear gave the reason in gold letters: GRAND OPENING.
Fiction book (1991) -
So we're going to do the Ballet of the Hours, Alabama, and I will wear harlequin tights and you will have a tarlatan skirt and a three-cornered hat.
Fiction book (1997) -
For her printmaking project, she used tarlatan as a base to add vibrant colors and textures.
How Stiff
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tarlatan comes from French tarlatane, probably named after a place or a maker of the cloth, and was used for a thin, open-weave fabric. That's why tarlatan now means a very light, stiff cloth used to add volume to dresses or to wipe and polish printing plates.