Poplin
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Poplin, also called tabinet (or tabbinet),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is a fine (but thick) wool, cotton or silk fabric with crosswise ribs that typically give a corded surface. Nowadays, the name refers to a strong material in a plain weave of any fiber or blend.<ref name="TH">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Poplin traditionally consisted of a silk warp with a weft of worsted yarn. In this case, as the weft is in the form of a stout cord, the fabric has a ridged structure, like rep, which gives depth and softness to the lustre of the silky surface.<ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |
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}}{{#ifeq: ||}}</ref> The ribs run across the fabric from selvedge to selvedge. In Britain, woollen yarn from the spinners in Suffolk would be sent to Dublin to be woven with silk into tabinet.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Poplin is now made with wool, cotton, silk, rayon, polyester or a mixture of these. Since it has a plain under/over weave, the fabric displays a plain woven surface with no ribbing if the weft and warp threads are of the same material and size. Shirts made from this material are easy to iron and do not wrinkle easily.
Poplins are used for dress purposes, and for rich upholstery work which are formed by using coarse filling-yarns in a plain/hard weave.
The term "poplin" allegedly originates from papelino, a fabric made at Avignon, France,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> in the 15th century, and named for the papal (pope's) residence there,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and from the French papeline (a fabric, normally made with silk, of the same period).<ref name="TH" /> An alternative derivation associates "poplin" with products of the cloth industry of Poperinge in Flanders in present-day Belgium.<ref> Template:Oed - "Alteration by folk etymology (after pope n.1) of French †papeline (1667), apparently a transferred use of a form (with -l- for -r- ) of the name of Poperinge, a town in Flanders [...] noted for its textile production [...]. French popeline (1735) is apparently reborrowed < English." </ref><ref> Template:Cite book </ref>
The most common usage of poplin until about the 20th century was to make silk, cotton or heavy-weight wool dresses, suitable for winter wear.
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In Europe, "broadcloth" typically describes a densely-woven woolen fabric with a smooth finish.<ref name=fairchild76>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Qn