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MOREEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moreen mean? 

MOREEN (noun)
  The noun MOREEN has 1 sense:

1. a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtainsplay

  Familiarity information: MOREEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOREEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in upholstery or for curtains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("moreen" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)


 Context examples 


I mounted into the window- seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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