percale
A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
Noun
- A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
- In her percale bed. In her heaven of piled pillows. - 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 403:
Origin
From French percale, of uncertain origin; probably compare percaulah.