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‖ ombré, n.2 and a.|ɔ̃bre|
Also ombre.
[Fr., pa. pple. of ombrer to shade.]
A. n. A fabric woven or dyed in a series of colour tones graduating from light to dark and usu. producing a striped effect. Also, such an effect or design.
1895Funk's Stand. Dict. II. 1227/2 Ombré.., a cheap grade of silk prints. 1921A. Ganswindt Dyeing Silk 147 Ombres. Shaded effects on hank silk can be obtained by binding the hanks firmly on rods, using only a small amount of dyestuff in the bath [etc.]. 1930R. Cuthill tr. Schober's Silk iv. 271 Ombré, a fabric in a number of colours, one fading off into the other, this effect being obtained by the use of yarns printed before weaving. 1966A. J. Bliss Dict. Foreign Words & Phrases Current Eng. 264 Ombré.., (a fabric) woven with variably dyed yarns so as to produce a shaded effect. 1975Country Life 30 Oct. 1192/2 Degradé, a fabric that is shaded from light to dark and sometimes called ombré in the dress side of the trade.
B. adj. Shaded from light to dark in tints of one or more colours.
1918S. Kline Man. Processes Winding iii. 61 Ombré warps. 1928Daily Express 27 Feb. 5/5 Rainbow effects have been produced by the use of what are known as ombre yarns, in which cotton and artificial silk of different colours are admixed. 1963Times 24 Jan. 12/4 He varies the plain colours with ombré effect and brilliant spots. 1969Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 12/6 Other leather is speckly and ombre with tiny splatters of black on grey highlighted with art nouveau silver buckles. 1974D. Ramsay No Cause to Kill i. 9 She was tempted by a blue silk ombré plaid. |