Delaine

de-lan', a plain-woven, lightweight, woolen dress fabric. The name is French, originally mousseline de laine, or muslin of wool, and indicates that the fabric, while made of woolen threads, is woven like muslin. It was very popular in Europe and America from 1840 to 1875. The fabric was dyed in plain colors, and printed or left plain. At the present time, challis, a similar material, but finer and softer, has taken its place almost entirely.