percale
English edit
Etymology edit
From French percale, of uncertain origin; probably compare percaulah.
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Noun edit
percale (countable and uncountable, plural percales)
- (textiles) A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 403:
- In her percale bed. In her heaven of piled pillows.
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French edit
Etymology edit
From Persian پرگاله (pargâle, “a patch, a percale”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
percale f (uncountable)
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Further reading edit
- “percale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.