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Viyella|vaɪˈɛlə|
Also viyella.
The proprietary name of a fabric made from a twilled mixture of cotton and wool; also, a garment made of this material. Freq. attrib.
1894Trade Marks Jrnl. 6 June 471 Viyella... Yarns of wool, worsted or hair. William Hollins and company (Nottingham), Limited,..Nottingham; spinners. 1912G. Frankau One of Us v. 41 No impious fingers groped in his Viyella. 1921‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 29 Aug. (1977) 229 That's the kind of stuff I meant, too. They had both better be lines with silver grey viyella or cashmere. 1932R. Lehmann Invitation to Waltz i. iii. 46 Cream viyella blouses, white piqué tennis skirts. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 16 May 33 The pilot was wearing thick vest and pants, a Viyella shirt..and Mae West. 1969E. McGirr Entry of Death iii. 51 She wears thick Viyella pyjamas. 1977Lancashire Life Feb. 23/1 William Hollins' famous collection of mice, dressed in Viyella, that fabulous mixture of wool and cotton that keeps both mice and human mites warm in winter. |