Percaline

Translation of "percaline" into Russian

Noun

percaline

The book was bound in percaline.

Книга была переплетена в перкалин.

Noun

A lightweight glazed cotton cloth, closely woven and smooth, used especially for bookbinding and as a lining material in garments.

Early twentieth-century novels were often covered in percaline to give them a colorful yet inexpensive finish.