denim

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

   The Mexican people want a cheaper grade of drillings, sheetings, denims, and other fabrics than are called for in our domestic markets, and purchase them in England because they can not be bought in the United States.

2. 2
   noun

   a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric

3. 3
   noun

   (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

Etymology

From the French phrase de Nîmes (“from Nîmes”), after the French town of Nîmes, where denim fabric was originally produced.