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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf.

A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.

See also: säteen

sateen ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sateens)

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.

a type of shiny cotton cloth

sateen