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PERCALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does percale mean?
• PERCALE (noun)
The noun PERCALE has 1 sense:
1. a fine closely woven cotton fabric
Familiarity information: PERCALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fine closely woven cotton fabric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("percale" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
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