Definition of Jaconet:

part of speech: noun

A light thin cotton fabric between cambric and muslin, used for dresses, & c.

Usage examples:

• 3.- The end section is pasted in behind the first sheet of the first section, the white sheet is pasted upon the second sheet of the ruled paper; around the whole section a strip of jaconet is sewn, or 3a. Paul Adam in "Practical Bookbinding".

• For heavy books a strip of jaconet is folded in the middle of the inner sheet of each section before sewing, and, in any case, this should be done with every first and last three sheets. Paul Adam in "Practical Bookbinding".

• And the wonder of it is that he would tie your kid shoes; while he pulls out my jaconet and sits on my French hat. R. D. Blackmore in "Springhaven A Tale of the Great War".

• The end paper makes a section in itself, which, like all others, is taken up in the sewing- it has previously been attached to the third section by means of strips of jaconet Paul Adam in "Practical Bookbinding".