Mousseline would be more euphonious, a fuller, richer word; and Bal Blanc, besides being more picturesque, would convey my meaning; but a shade of meaning is not sufficient justification for the use of French titles or words, for they lessen the taste of our language; we don't get the smack, and Milord's epigrams poisoned my memory of A Drama in Muslin.
"Muslin"
George Moore
Young Thomson was brushing his coat in the yard and whistling; Mary was upstairs dressing; another five minutes, and she comes down in straw bonnet lined with pink, clean printed muslin frock, Mousseline-de-laine shawl, brown boots and blue parasol.
"Rachel Gray"
Julia Kavanagh
I had no idea your Mousseline-delame would have washed so well.
"Love Me Little, Love Me Long"
Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English