Cretonne

Origin

From French cretonne, of unknown origin.

Full definition of cretonne

Noun

1. A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.
• 1919, William Somerset Maugham, ,Mrs. Strickland had moved with the times. Gone were the Morris papers and gone the severe cretonnes, gone were the Arundel prints that had adorned the walls of her drawing-room in Ashley Gardens; ...

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