A fine, lightweight cotton fabric with a silky appearance, used for delicate garments.
From gossampine, possibly a blend of 'gossamer' and 'campine' (a type of cloth), or derived from an older textile term combining gossam- with -pine (as in a variant of pinen or pine cloth).
Gossampine is one of those beautiful old textile names that almost nobody uses anymore, but if you've ever worn a delicate cotton dress that felt impossibly soft and drape-y, you've experienced exactly what this fabric was designed to provide.
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