pongee
/pɒnˈdʒiː/noun
mass noun
- a soft and typically unbleached type of Chinese plain-woven fabric, originally made from threads of raw silk and now also other fibres such as cotton which are usually mercerized茧绸; 充茧绸; 府绸。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Chinese (Mandarin dialect) běnj literally 'own loom' or běnzh literally 'home-woven'.