percale

From French percale, of uncertain origin; probably compare percaulah.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəˈkeɪl/, /pəˈkɑːl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl

percale (countable and uncountable, plural percales)

1. (textiles) A fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing.
   • 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 403:

     In her percale bed. In her heaven of piled pillows.

• replace

From Persian پرگاله‎ (pargāle, “a patch, a percale”).

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.kal/

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percale f (uncountable)

1. percale

• → Spanish: percal

• “percale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.