noun

• A strong, ribbed cotton fabric, used chiefly for curtains.

  ‘The couple covered the seats with mid-eighteenth-century English wool moreen.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The mahogany easy chair and settee covered with blue moreen may have been standard forms with fixed upholstery and the chintz cover was probably for that settee.’
  • ‘Morine is a variation of moreen, a British heavy fabric with horizontal filling and a moire finish, woven either in worsted or cotton.’