Bōm'-ba-zīne' or Bōm'-ba-sīne', n.

(bŭm'ba-zeen'), n. [Fr. bombasin and basin, Sp. bombasi, It. bambagino, L. Lat. bombacinium, bombacinum; from Lat. bombycinus, of silk or cotton, bombycinum, a silk or cotton texture, from bombyx, Gr. βόμβυξ, silk, cotton, It. bambagio.] A twilled fabric, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted; formerly black, for mourning garments, but now made of various colors. [Sometimes spelt bombasin.] Tomlinson.