Also 6 7 armesine, 7 armoisin, armazine. [a. F. armoisin, -ine, OF. armesin taffata. (Of uncertain origin: see Littré.)] A stout plain silk, usually black, used for clerical gowns and for mourning scarves.
1599. Hakluyt, Voy., II. I. 222. Ueluets, Damasks, and Sattens, Armesine of Portugall.
1667. E. Chamberlayne, St. Gt. Brit., I. I. vii. (1743), 39. We yearly imported from France … Taffaties, Stuffs, Armoisins.
1733. Mrs. Delany, Autobiog. (1861), I. 431. Lady Dysart’s clothes were pink armazine trimmed with silver.
1763. Advt., in Brit. Chron. (in Draper’s Dict.) Tabbies, Ducaps, black Armozeens, Rasdumores.
