Maslin vs. Muslin — What's the Difference?

Maslin is a surname.

Muslin () is a cotton fabric of plain weave. It is made in a wide range of weights from delicate sheers to coarse sheeting.

A mixture composed of different materials; especially:

Lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave

A mixture of metals resembling brass.

Any of various sturdy cotton fabrics of plain weave.

A mixture of different sorts of grain, such as wheat and rye.

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

Composed of different sorts.

(US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.

A mixture composed of different materials

Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.

A vessel made of maslin, 1 (a).

(US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.

Composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.

(countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.

Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.

Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.

A thin cotton, white, dyed, or printed. The name is also applied to coarser and heavier cotton goods; as, shirting and sheeting muslins. In sheeting, muslin is not as finely woven as percale.

Plain-woven cotton fabric