sarsenet noun1 •A very fine and soft silk ribbon woven in a plain weave with a fine warp and higher density weft, now chiefly used for linings.No, vvhy art thou then exasperate, thou idle, / immaterial skeine of sleiue silke; thou greene sacenet flap for a sore eye, thou tossell of a prodigalls purse— […] — 1602 formssarsenets