Denim
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A very short encyclopedia entry defining denim. It explains the word as an abbreviation of the French serge de Nimes, originally a kind of serge, and says it now means a stout twilled cloth, usually cotton, made in various colours and used for overalls and similar garments.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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