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Examples of dimity
dimity
So you don't run down the steps in a dimity dress to get into a carriage.
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Performers wore flesh colored silk body stockings and a dimity to give the illusion of modesty.
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She particularly liked dimity cotton curtains.
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Dimity is a lightweight, sheer cotton fabric having at least two warp threads thrown into relief to form fine cords.
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Originally dimity was made of silk or wool, but since the 18th century it has been woven almost exclusively of cotton.
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A dimity was a bit of draping worn by performers of the Poses Plastiques, which was an early form of strip tease.
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Lyndall Gordon has no time for the popular image of Emily Dickinson as the timid recluse of Amherst, all atremble in her dimity apron at the mere thought of a kiss.
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- A strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains
- Dimity is a lightweight, sheer cotton fabric having at least two warp threads thrown into relief to form fine cords. It is a cloth commonly employed for bed upholstery and curtains, and usually white, though sometimes a pattern is printed on it in colors. ...
- A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares
- Is sheer, thin, white or printed fabric with lengthwise cords, stripes or checks.
- A cotton fabric, with stripes or pattern, especially produced for the corset trade.
- A stout cotton cloth, ribbed and figured.
- Stout cotton with raised pattern on one side, sometimes printed, and in plain or twilled fashion.
- A sheer, crisp cotton that has raised checks or stripes. This effect is made by weaving two or more threads together as one, creating a raised cord woven into the fabric.
- Sheer and stout white cotton
