POPLIN, or TABINET  , a mixed textile fabric consisting of a silk warp with a weft of worsted yarn . As the weft is in the form of a stout cord the fabric has a ridged structure, like rep, which gives depth and softness to the lustre of the silky surface . Poplins are used for dress purposes, and for rich upholstery work . The manufacture is of French origin; but it was brought to England by the Huguenots, and has long been specially associated with Ireland . The French manufacturers distinguish between popelines unies or plain poplins and popelines a dispositions or Ecossaises, equivalent to Scotch tartans, in both of which a large trade is done with the United States from Lyons .