jaconet

[ jak-uh-net ]

/ ˈdʒæk əˌnɛt /

a cotton fabric of light weight, usually finished as cambric, lawn, organdy, voile, etc., used in the manufacture of clothing and bandages.

a cotton fabric with one glazed surface, used as a lining for the spines of books.

Origin of jaconet

1760–70; < Urdu jagannāthī, named after Jagannāthpūrī in Odisha, India, where the cloth was first made

Cut a guard of jaconet or bond paper three-fourths of an inch wide and as long as the book.

Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries |John Cotton Dana
If book is not oversewed the first and last sections must be guarded with jaconet.

Library Bookbinding |Arthur Low Bailey
Underdress of jaconet muslin, trimmed with lace, or embroidery.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851 |Various
Guarding with jaconet prevents the threads which lie in the middle of the signatures from pulling through the paper.

Library Bookbinding |Arthur Low Bailey

Get also pieces of cambric and fine muslin called nainsook, or jaconet, for guarding signatures and similar work.

Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries |John Cotton Dana

jaconet

/ (ˈdʒækənɪt) /

a light cotton fabric used for clothing, bandages, etc

C18: from Urdu jagannāthī, from Jagannāthpūrī, India, where it was originally made