Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bombazine \Bom`ba*zine"\, n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,
   bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or
   cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. ?. Cf.
   {Bombast}, {Bombycinous}.]
   A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and
   the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for
   mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt {bombasin}, and
   {bombasine}.] --Tomlinson.