Straw hat and plain English muslin

These are actually wires wrapped in muslin and steeped in vegetable dye.

The Treaty of Canandaigua remains an operating legal document the U.S. government continues to send the requisite gift of muslin fabric to the nations each year.

Morsi and his Freedom and Justice Party (the Muslin Brotherhood s political wing) gave no sign that they were prepared to accept real compromise, as opposed to tactical delays, in achieving their vision of an Islamic state.

He took a mouthful, glanced suspiciously at the window, took another mouthful, then rose and, taking the serviette in his hand, walked across the room and pulled the blind down to the top of the white muslin that obscured the lower panes.