Bengaline

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛŋɡəliːn/

Origin

From French bengaline, from its resemblance to a kind of fabric imported from Bengal.

Full definition of bengaline

Noun

1. A fabric made from silk and worsted; poplin.
• 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 415:Ruperta tonight was in a narrow black bengaline costume with a Medici collar and cuffs of bastard chinchilla.