Definition
A type of fine, lightweight fabric or material; possibly a variant or corruption of an older textile term or place name.
Etymology
The etymology is obscure; possibly from a place name (like 'Cane' or 'Pin') or a French origin, though historical textile records don't clearly document this term's original meaning. It may be a regional or archaic trade term.
Kelly Says
Canepin shows up in old English textile records but nobody's entirely sure what it is anymore—it's a textile mystery word, which tells us that hundreds of fabric types have simply vanished from memory as manufacturing changed.
Translations
ARالعربية
كانيبين
kanībīn
CACatalà
canepin
kan-e-pin
CSČeština
canepin
kan-e-pin
DADansk
canepin
kan-e-pin
DEDeutsch
canepin
kan-e-pin
ELΕλληνικά
κανεπιν
kane-pin
ESEspañol
canepin
kan-e-pin
FISuomi
canepin
kan-e-pin
FRFrançais
canepin
kan-e-pin
HUMagyar
canepin
kan-e-pin
IDBahasa Indonesia
canepin
kan-e-pin
ITItaliano
canepin
kan-e-pin
MSBahasa Melayu
canepin
kan-e-pin
MYမြန်မာ
ကန်ဖိုပင်
kan-pho-pin
NLNederlands
canepin
kan-e-pin
NONorsk
canepin
kan-e-pin
PLPolski
canepin
kan-e-pin
PTPortuguês
canepin
kan-e-pin
RORomână
canepin
kan-e-pin
RUРусский
канепин
kanepin
SVSvenska
canepin
kan-e-pin
SWKiswahili
canepin
kan-e-pin
TAதமிழ்
கானிப்பின்
kāni-pin
TEతెలుగు
కానీపిన్
kāṇī-pin
TRTürkçe
canepin
kan-e-pin
UKУкраїнська
канепин
kanepin
VITiếng Việt
canepin
kan-e-pin