broadcloth

    • Je sais que cette question a plus de 10 ans, mais j’ai moi-même dû chercher et j’ai trouvé, pour les vêtement :
    Popeline (ou pour être plus précis, popeline fine ou popeline de coton).
     
    I have a doubt, too; poplin (en) and broadcloth are the same weave, I think, but broadcloth is heavier, so fine doesn't seem like the right modifier. I don't know, and cannot find, what the right one might be.

    edit: nevertheless, thank you Nem'o for sharing what you found - indeed, I wouldn't be surprised to see a broadcloth-type fabric sold or described as poplin/popeline if it is clear from context that it's the heavier type (or if it doesn't matter).
     
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    Kelly B said:
    I have a doubt, too; poplin (en) and broadcloth are the same weave, I think, but broadcloth is heavier, so fine doesn't seem like the right modifier. I don't know, and cannot find, what the right one might be.

    edit: nevertheless, thank you Nem'o for sharing what you found - indeed, I wouldn't be surprised to see a broadcloth-type fabric sold or described as poplin/popeline if it is clear from context that it's the heavier type (or if it doesn't matter).
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    Apparently, it all depends on where you come from, because it wouldn’t have the same meaning in North America compared to Europe.
    Here is from Wikipedia:
    In the early 1920s, British-made cotton poplin was introduced to the United States, but the American market thought that the name had connotations of heaviness and arbitrarily renamed it "broadcloth", a name that persists for a cotton or polyester-cotton blend fabric used for shirting. In Europe, "broadcloth" typically describes a densely-woven woolen fabric with a smooth finish.

    Besides, I found other words for other types of poplin/broadcloth (depending where you come from!):
    Tabinet / Papeline (in French). Here are their respective definitions:
    Tabinet : Étoffe de soie et de filoselle ou de fleuret. Elle est souvent confondue avec la papeline. Fabriquée à l'origine à Dublin.
    Papeline : Étoffe très légère, dont la chaîne est de soie et la trame de fleuret ou filoselle.
     
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