noun
sateen
Sateen (noun) means a cotton fabric with a glossy front and a matt back, made with the same weave used for satin.
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A cotton fabric with a glossy front and a matt back, made with the same weave used for satin.
"The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate."
— Gene Wolfe (1980)
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Etymology
A 19th-century variant of satin, perhaps shaped by the influence of velveteen.
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"sateen" (noun) means a cotton fabric with a glossy front and a matt back, made with the same weave used for satin.
