sateen
noun/səˈtiːn/
Etymology A 19th century variant of satin, perhaps influenced by velveteen.
1
A type of cotton cloth with a shiny surface and dull back, woven using the technique that, when applied to silk or nylon, results in cloth called satin.
- The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 112:
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- satin