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habutai
or ³ó²¹Â·²ú³Ü·³Ù²¹±ð
[ hah-buh-tahy ]
noun
- a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of habutai1
1890–95; < Japanese habutae, equivalent to ha feathers (< fa < *pa ) + -butae, combining form of futa-e (< futa-f ( y ) e < *puta pe ) two layers
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Example Sentences
Gersha Phillips, the costume designer who also made all the clothes for “Miles Ahead,†including a kimono in habutai, did not know how fashionable the trumpeter was until she started her research.
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When the body has been washed, it is dressed in white, in silk habutai whenever the family can afford it.
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The bed on which the Empress sleeps is made of heavy futons, or quilts, of white habutai wadded with silk wadding.
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These curtains to be of habutai silk.
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