Bombazine
Bombazine ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French bombasin, Late Latin bombacinium, bambacinium, Latin bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, from bombyx silk, silkworm, Greek {not transcribed}. Compare Bombast, Bombycinous.]
A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments. — Tomlinson