SARSENET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sarsenet mean? 

• SARSENET (noun)
  The noun SARSENET has 1 sense:

1. a fine soft silk fabric often used for linings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARSENET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fine soft silk fabric often used for linings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sarcenet; sarsenet

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

silk (a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae)

 Context examples 

I remember too, Miss Andrews drank tea with us that evening, and wore her puce-coloured sarsenet; and she looked so heavenly that I thought your brother must certainly fall in love with her; I could not sleep a wink all right for thinking of it.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)