organdy

Noun

1. A fine, transparent type of muslin, usually stiffened.
   • “I took it to garden-parties after I came out, with my hair curled and an organdie hat on top of the whole thing […].” - 1934, Kay Boyle, My Next Bride, Virago, published 1986, page 317:
   • Beside them stood a puzzled female dwarf with a hideously rouged face as if ready for the circus; she was clad in white organdie with a marriage veil. - 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber,...