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poile Also poil. [a. F. poil:—L. pil-um hair.] †a. Down, fine hair. Obs. rare.
1746Phil. Trans. XLIV. 180 (transl. fr. French) Its Substance was crumbling..like the Membrane of the Bladder, having a fungous Poile on it. 1806M. Lewis Jrnl. 15 May in Orig. Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Expedition (1905) V. xxviii. 38 The poil of these [grizzly] bear were infinitely longer finer and thicker than the black bear. b. poil(e) de chèvre (see quot. 1960).
1873F. B. Palliser Descr. Catal. Lace S. Kensington Mus. (ed. 2) 9 Lace is made of gold, silver, silk, cotton, and flax, to which may be added poil-de-chèvre. 1927E. Sitwell Rustic Elegies 86 And splashed the red and white striped poil de chèvre short gown. 1960C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 269/2 Poile de Chèvre,..a textile of goat's hair (weft) and silk (warp) in plain weave; having a shiny satin-like lace. |