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