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Used attributively in names of things made at or associated with Tours; as Tours taffeta (also taffeta Tours).
A kind of taffeta with a pile or nap arranged in tufts; = tuftaffety, n. 1. Now historical.
a lightweight taffeta with a crisp, papery finish.