batiste Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses

WordNet

Ba*tiste" noun
Etymology
F. batiste, from the name of the alleged first maker, Baptiste of Cambrai. Littré.
Definitions
  1. Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.

Webster 1913