batiste

Etymology
From, a form of , of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED).

Noun

 * 1) A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
 * 2) * 1919,, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 104
 * Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.
 * Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: batis
 * Bulgarian: батиста
 * Catalan: batista
 * Czech: batist
 * Danish:
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 * Estonian: batist
 * Finnish: batisti
 * German:
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 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: バチスト
 * Kazakh: бәтес
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
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 * Tagalog: batista

Etymology
From Picard (c. 1400), probably derived from. Alternatively suggested to go back to a manufacturer by the name of, but this rests entirely on conjecture as no such manufacturer is known. It is possible, however, that the form was influenced by the same association.

Noun

 * 1) cambric textile