seersucker

noun

1. a plainwoven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.

noun

1. a light cotton, linen, or other fabric with a crinkled surface and often striped

n.1722, from Hindi sirsakar, East Indian corruption of Persian shir o shakkar “striped cloth,” literally “milk and sugar,” a reference to the alternately smooth and puckered surfaces of the stripes. From Persian shir (cf. Sanskrit ksiram “milk”) + shakar (cf. Pali sakkhara, Sanskrit sarkara “gravel, grit, sugar;” see sugar (n.)).