Sentence examples for linen sheath from inspiring English sources
Falloppio claimed that an experimental trial of the linen sheath demonstrated protection against syphilis.
He even performed clinical trials, in which he claims his linen sheaths protected 1,100 men in Italy from contracting syphilis.
Falloppio's treatise is the earliest uncontested description of condom use: it describes linen sheaths soaked in a chemical solution and allowed to dry before use.
Or, as on a recent night, a businessman from Dallas drinking a 12-year-old Chivas ("tastes just like Chivas") talking across tables to a woman from the Upper East Side wearing a handmade, silken-linen sheath in what she called "a shade of blue that you just can't find in this country".
Every detail, from the quality of the ivory French linen for a sheath dress to the lingerie bodice of a white slip dress, seemed considered.
In the 16th century, an Italian physician named Gabriele Fallopius penned a treatise that suggested a method of prevention: a sheath of linen that should be treated in a chemical solution, left to dry and then worn during sexual intercourse.
You get an unusual sheath in violet linen with a mottled gold yoke, or a classic pair of wool jersey trousers worn with a white piqué shirt, a black corset and a cropped jacket in a black polka-dot jacquard.
Instead of the flimsy Tracy Feith sheaths or Gucci linen cocktail dresses, the women shivered slightly in ski parkas or goatskin jackets.
In those days, condoms were sheaths made of linen that had been treated with chemicals.
