A type of lightweight, fine fabric or textile, often used for clothing in warm climates.
Possibly from Arabic or Turkish origins, with roots in Middle Eastern textile terminology. The word appears in English texts from the colonial period describing fabrics imported from the Ottoman Empire.
Bashara was one of many exotic fabrics that European merchants imported from the East—the fabric names themselves became status symbols, and owning 'bashara cloth' signaled worldliness and wealth.
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