A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
A soft, sheer fabric.
Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.
Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.