Castinette

Castinette
CASTINETTE
French etamine dress goods, made with a warp composed of hard twist worsted, usually of dark brown colour and several silk strands of a lighter shade. The weft was a two-fold silk yarn of dark colour, usually brown. Now obsolete.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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  • castagnette — ⇒CASTAGNETTE, subst. fém. [Gén. ds la danse ou la mus. espagnole] Petit instrument de musique d accompagnement composé de deux pièces semblables en bois ou en ivoire, reliées entre elles par un cordon que l on attache aux doigts pour les faire… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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