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Word: Bengaline
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from French, so named because of a similarity with archaic Bengals denoting fabrics, usually silks, imported from Bengal
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɛŋɡəliːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a strong ribbed fabric made of a mixture of silk and either cotton or wool.
Short Definition:strong ribbed fabric made of mixture of silk
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